Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Tani, Jun Ôtomo, Takamaru Sasaki, Seiji Miyaguchi
During World War II, Kaji, a peace-loving man, travels to a small village with his wife, Michiko, to work as a supervisor in an iron mine to avoid being drafted into the army. When the military police send six hundred Chinese prisoners to work in the mine, Kenji talks to their leader to control the Khushan. But his methods upset the corrupt system there and...
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, Ikio Sawamura, Susumu Fujita
The production line manager of a shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his driver's son is kidnapped, leaving him at a moral dilemma.
Stars: Daisuke Katô, Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, Atsushi Watanabe, Sachio Sakai
After learning that he has incurable cancer, an office manager tries to search for the meaning of life after thirty years.
Stars: Nobuo Nakamura, Tôru Abe, Chishû Ryû, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara
An old couple visits their children and grandchildren in the city, and are ignored...
Stars: Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Ikio Sawamura, Sachio Sakai
An experienced war general, prevented from attaining the throne by his position-seeking wife, strives to fulfill the mission that will make him Lord of the Spider's Web Palace.
Stars: Daisuke Katô, Nobuo Nakamura, Chishû Ryû, Haruko Sugimura, Kuniko Miyake
An old widower arranges the marriage of his only daughter...
Stars: Isuzu Yamada, Kamatari Fujiwara, Eiko Miyoshi, Seiji Miyaguchi, Nobuo Nakamura
Two sisters search for their missing mother, but the younger sister cannot come to terms with the fact that she was abandoned by her mother as a child...
Stars: Takashi Shimura, Kamatari Fujiwara, Ikio Sawamura, Susumu Fujita, Yoshio Tsuchiya
A young man marries the daughter of a corrupt factory owner to bring justice to his father's suicide.
Stars: Yôko Tsukasa, Nobuo Nakamura, Fumio Watanabe, Chishû Ryû, Setsuko Hara
A widow tries to marry her daughter, with the help of three of her late husband's friends...
Stars: Ken Watanabe, Hitoshi Takagi, Nobuo Nakamura, Isao Hashizume, Yoshi Katô
A truck driver stops at a diner run by a family in Twit and decides to help their new business. The story is interwoven with various images about love and food...
Stars: Chieko Naniwa, Nobuo Nakamura, Fumio Watanabe, Chishû Ryû, Hisao Toake
A businessman gets into trouble with his eldest daughter because of her choice in a wife...
Stars: Yôko Tsukasa, Daisuke Katô, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Gen Shimizu, Yutaka Sada
After receiving a letter, Yumiko finds out that they will be leaving for America soon. He goes to visit his wife Hiroshi. But after an hour, Hiroshi is killed in a tragic accident in Tokyo and...
Stars: Daisuke Katô, Seiji Miyaguchi, Nobuo Nakamura, Chieko Nakakita, Junji Masuda
A young man and his wife struggle with their loveless marriage as the man has a secret love affair...
Stars: Daisuke Katô, Takashi Shimura, Susumu Fujita, Sachio Sakai, Yoshio Tsuchiya
After the detonation of atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese army and government are faced with demands from the Allies for unconditional surrender. The Japanese defense minister leads officers who believe that even to the death of all Japanese citizens, they must continue to fight and...
Stars: Isuzu Yamada, Daisuke Katô, Yutaka Sada, Seiji Miyaguchi, Nobuo Nakamura
Tsuta manages Tsuta House in Tokyo; But his business is badly damaged and under debt, and his sister...
Stars: Ikio Sawamura, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Takuzô Kumagai, Seiji Miyaguchi, Nobuo Nakamura
A poor carriage driver takes care of a young woman and her son after the sudden death of her husband and...
Stars: Jerry Fujio, Nobuo Nakamura, Kaneko Iwasaki, Sachiko Murase, Eiji Funakoshi
After failing the university entrance exam, Fujio returns home disappointed and...
Stars: Daisuke Katô, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Minoru Chiaki, Isao Kimura
Kiko, the daughter of a successful novelist, marries a writer. However, her husband's problems with his writing and his dissatisfaction with her father create problems for them.
Stars: Takashi Shimura, Hiroshi Tachikawa, Kamatari Fujiwara, Atsushi Watanabe, Akira Tani
Keichi Nakajima is a Japanese factory owner who has a great fear of nuclear war. This incident affects his life and family...
Stars: Nobuo Nakamura, Ruriko Asaoka, Akira Yamanouchi, Toshizô Kudô, Yasue Nishihara
Etsuko moves to her parents' house after her husband's death. After some time, she becomes interested in her ex-husband's father and...
