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: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Gen Shimizu, Noriko Honma, Haruo Nakajima
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: Ichirô Nakatani, Kikuo Kaneuchi, Kin Sugai, Yoshiko Maki, Eitarô Ozawa
A reporter interviews an elderly woman who, like many Japanese women in the first half of the 20th century, was forced to work abroad...
Stars: Takeshi Katô, Toshio Takahara, Yoshi Katô, Mizuho Suzuki, Mayumi Ogawa
Zaizen Guru may only be an assistant professor, but he's already made a name for himself.
Stars: Seizaburô Kawazu, Takeshi Katô, Asao Koike, Hiroyuki Nagato, Toshio Takahara
Tome was born in poverty in the rural areas of Japan in the late 1910s. She falls in love with a neighbor and starts working in his factory when World War II begins. After a secret relationship with one of the employees, she goes to Tokyo to achieve success and...
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Daisuke Katô, Takashi Shimura, Akira Tani, Yutaka Sada
A woman gets married, gives birth to a dead child, gets divorced and falls in love with a hotel owner, but considers herself dependent on her success, so she works with a tailor to...
Stars: Yoshio Inaba, Isao Kimura, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yoshi Katô, Sakae Umezu
The film is the story of two young people named "Mitsuko" and "Kando" who commit violence against society in various ways and try to stay together despite many problems...
Stars: Toranosuke Ogawa, Chieko Baishô, Akitake Kôno, Torahiko Hamada, Kin Sugai
A soldier returning from the war and his wife work hard so that their child can have a comfortable future. Their dream is to have a happy family.
Stars: Seiji Miyaguchi, Nobuo Nakamura, Teruko Kishi, Mamoru Hirata, Osamu Maruyama
Katsumi is a student who doesn't respect anyone...
Stars: Fumio Watanabe, Rokkô Toura, Taiji Tonoyama, Hôsei Komatsu, Kei Satô
The film is the story of the life of a violent rapist through the memories of his wife and one of his victims...
Stars: Haruo Suzuki, Yoshi Katô, Toshirô Ishidô, Rokkô Toura, Eiko Oshima
At the end of World War II, a black American pilot is captured and imprisoned by Japanese villagers.
Stars: Isuzu Yamada, Yoshio Inaba, Seiji Miyaguchi, Keiko Tsushima, Yôko Katsuragi
The Kamiya family struggles to keep the town fishing association from going bankrupt as they deal with a dishonest captain and his degenerate crew.
