Stars: Hideyo Amamoto, Chieko Naniwa, Toshio Takahara, Rei Miura, Nijiko Kiyokawa
A teacher named Hisako Oishi tries to encourage the students with a positive view of the world and their place in it, but he knows that most of them will be killed in the war...
Stars: Seiji Miyaguchi, Yûnosuke Itô, Ken Mitsuda, Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi
The film tells the story of a remote village where the lack of food has led to the passing of a law according to which people over the age of seventy must be taken by their relatives to the top of Narayama Mountain to die a natural death. Orin's grandmother, who has reached the age of seventy, is ready to face her fate and...
Stars: Chishû Ryû, Haruko Sugimura, Nobuo Takagi, Takahiro Tamura, Kumeko Urabe
An old man reviews the memories of his youth and adolescence, talks about his romantic moments and talks about a true and deep love during that time and the fate that came for it.
Stars: Takeshi Katô, Yoshio Inaba, Gô Katô, Daigo Kusano, Kazuo Kitamura
After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko grows up as a prostitute dancer. One day, Tomoko meets her mother in a forbidden area in Tokyo, and that's enough for her life to get into trouble.
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Yoshi Katô, Torahiko Hamada, Hideko Takamine, Nobuko Otowa
In 1932, a woman whose fiancé is fighting in China is raped by the son of a large landowner returning from the war. After this incident, she is forced to marry a man and...
Stars: Nadao Kirino, Jun Tatara, Keiko Awaji, Yôko Katsuragi, Shin'ichi Himori
The story of the cruelty of the children of a caring mother who brought them out of the water and mud from the fire of World War II until their early youth.
Stars: Tôru Abe, Takako Irie, Chieko Nakakita, Fumie Kitahara, Fumiko Okamura
This valiant melodrama is the brilliant debut as a moviemaker of the great Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, who also has a small role in the story. Based on a screenplay by Keinosuke ...
Stars: Chishû Ryû, Chieko Higashiyama, Toshio Shimamura, Nobuo Takagi, Toshio Hosokawa
A pregnant woman survives a failed double suicide. She has a child from a man who committed suicide with her and is no longer alive.
Stars: Yôko Katsuragi, Kôji Mitsui, Mutsuko Sakura, Takashi Miki, Takahiro Tamura
This movie tells the story of the life of a couple who are guardians of a lighthouse.
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: Yôko Katsuragi, Eitarô Ozawa, Chieko Higashiyama, Masayuki Mori, Sadako Sawamura
An authoritarian and oppressive father destroyed his family's dreams and...
Stars: Keiko Tsushima, Keiko Awaji, Chieko Higashiyama, Koreya Senda, Kentarô Imai
A young student falls in love with a strange girl whom he can only watch from a distance in despair.
Stars: Fumio Watanabe, Yoshi Katô, Tôru Abe, Torahiko Hamada, Haruko Chichibu
A young man decides to become a famous warrior and causes trouble for his tribe.
Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Junji Masuda, Nobuko Otowa, Kinuyo Tanaka, Jûkichi Uno
A head of a jewelry store is looking for a doctor to treat his wife's illness...
Stars: Eiko Miyoshi, Junji Masuda, Chishû Ryû, Mutsuko Sakura, Akira Ishihama
A family is forced to move due to war, they are deprived of social and political rights in the new community.
Stars: Yoshio Inaba, Kin Sugai, Miyoko Nakamura, Eitarô Ozawa, Chishû Ryû
A homeless man gets sick next to a rich family's house, they take him to their house and later have to deal with his visiting friends.
Stars: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Gô Katô, Takahiro Tamura, Hideko Takamine, Shinobu Ôtake
The son of the family was killed by someone. His father has been pursuing the case for years in an effort to get the rights of the families who cannot meet their living expenses after their loved ones are killed and...
Stars: Takeshi Katô, Gô Katô, Yukiyo Toake, Shinobu Ôtake, Chikage Awashima
It shows the story of a survivor of the atomic bombing in Nagasaki, Japan in 1945. This survivor is trying to...
Stars: Kôji Mitsui, Mutsuko Sakura, Takahiro Tamura, Toshiko Kobayashi, Reiko Hitomi
While a couple is forced to rent their house to the male boss for the summer due to an unpaid debt. The young woman gets fed up with all the thoughts and mentions of her husband being her job and returns to her father's house.
Stars: Toyo Takahashi, Fuyuki Murakami, Kinuyo Tanaka, Keiji Sada, Akira Yamanouchi
A young wartime widow remembers the short time she spent with her husband...
