Hiroko Machida

Street of Shame

Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostit...

The Quiet Duel

A young army surgeon, Kyoji Fujisaki, accidentally contracts syphilis during a WWII field operation. Back at hi...

Giants and Toys

Nishi is an advertising executive for a caramel company that is planning to launch a new product, in fierce com...

Nomugi Pass

The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in Japan. The...

Superexpress

A man operates a small real estate business near Osaka. A man from Tokyo asks for help in buying a large tract...

The Little Runaway

During a Soviet circus tour in Japan, a small street musician, Ken, meets a clown, Yuri Nikulin. Upon learning...

Let's Go to the Hospital

When a hard-driving copywriter (Hiroyuki Sanada) discovers his comely wife (Keiko Saito) is involved in a scint...

The Snowy Heron

The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, he...

Love and Greed

Namiko is married, but has an infatuation with Ishizuka who runs a nightclub. The businessman is also planning...

The Blue Sky Maiden

Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds...

The Cast-Off

The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his co...

When Women Lie

Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Y...

One Day at Summer's End

A Yasuzō Masumura film about a love affair starring Ayako Wakao. The literal title is The Two Who Got Wet.

The Wild Geese

A young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself falling in love with...

Seisaku's Wife

On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an...

The Red Water

Comedy drama film

Green Fruit

Two sisters live with their family. The elder is reserved; the younger lively. Yet, the former is first engaged...

The Hoodlum Soldier Deserts Again

The Romance of Yushima

Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as S...

Black Test Car

Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about...

The Rough One

A tale of wannabe yakuza youths. When not cooking up scams with his buddies, Zenkichi develops a crush on Taro'...

The Demon of Sendai's Castle

Tsunamune Date, the young lord of Sendai Domain, was ordered by the shogunate to stand down after being spotted...

Ripe and Marriageable

1959 youth comedy.

Girls Born in August

Jōen

1959 Japanese movie

Hibari no komoriuta

Hibari no komoriuta (ひばりの子守唄, literally "Hibari's Lullaby") is a 1951 black-and-white Japanese film directed by...

Wakai yatsura no kaidan

1961 Japanese movie

Shojohou

A beautiful but sad romantic melodrama about three sisters who are uninhibited, pure and lovely, and who stand...

情熱の詩人啄木

1962 Japanese movie

Kokoro no sanmyaku

A film dealing with the trials and tribulations of a primary school before and after the Pacific War, set in Fu...

A Public Benefactor

The intense selfishness of a man brings him fame and fortune but not happiness.

Secret Agreement: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secret Leak Incident

TV film about the "Nishiyama Incident", a scandal surrounding the 1972 return of Okinawa to Japan. Produced to...

Saigo no kikyō

1945 Japanese movie

Mother

I'll Cry Alone

"Though still young, Natsuko gave up the life of a geisha to become the mistress of the president of a shipbuil...

Young Trees

A bright and cheerful story about a young girl who comes to Tokyo from the countryside, relying on her aunt to...