Stars: Takashi Shimura, Gen Shimizu, Noriko Honma, Haruo Nakajima, Minoru Chiaki
Murukami, a young criminal detective, is robbed on a bus and loses his gun. Distraught and angry, he tries to find his gun until he is guided and helped by an experienced and elderly detective named Sato...
Stars: Seiji Miyaguchi, Fumio Tooyama, Ryô Ikebe, Mariko Kaga, Takashi Fujiki
A gangster is released from prison and must deal with the recent shift in power between different gangs, while caring for a thrill-seeking young woman who has been hanging out with the bad guys while gambling...
Stars: Sôji Kiyokawa, Kunitarô Sawamura, Reizaburô Yamamoto, Denjirô Ôkôchi, Minoru Takase
A man takes a cheap container without knowing that it contains a treasure map...
Stars: Takashi Shimura, Sachio Sakai, Akira Tani, Noriko Sengoku, Haruko Toyama
After a battle with rival gangsters, a petty gangster is treated by an alcoholic doctor. The doctor diagnosed the man with tuberculosis and convinced him to treat him. The two enjoy their friendship until the man's ex-boss is released from prison...
Stars: Noriko Honma, Machiko Kyô, Reizaburô Yamamoto, Masayuki Mori, Kumeko Urabe
In Older Brother, Younger Sister, director Mikio Naruses adaptation of an oft-filmed popular novel by Saisei Murô, the eldest daughter (Machiko Kyô) of a rural family comes home pregnant, testing some already tenuous family bonds. Naruse shows his considerable skill at portraying household dynamics, filming Kyô in relaxed and/or reclining positions (indicative of her... Read all
Stars: Binnosuke Nagao, Reizaburô Yamamoto, Bontarô Miake, Chieko Murata, Akiko Kazami
The setting is that of a farming family in Ibaraki from where also the originating writers hailed. The film depicts the events of a year during the Meiji era and occurrences and actualities...
Stars: Isuzu Yamada, Hiroyuki Nagato, Kôji Mitsui, Reizaburô Yamamoto, Kusuo Abe
In the 17th century, a group of Hatamanos who served the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan caused countless destructions in the new capital of Odo (today's Tokyo). Their enemy was the "isolation" of the wood whose sole purpose was to protect Odo from the attacks of the Hatamotos.
Stars: Takashi Shimura, Reizaburô Yamamoto, Ken Mitsuda, Yukio Mishima, Mayumi Kurata
After being released from prison, a young member of the yakuza gets involved in a big murder and revenge and...
