Norikazu Takeda

Good Morning

A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relation...

Late Autumn

A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from thr...

Equinox Flower

Wataru's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares her love for a cowo...

Early Spring

A young salaryman and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he embarks...

Stakeout

Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to r...

A Japanese Tragedy

At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful so...

The Catch

Towards the end of WWII, a black American pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who awa...

The Thick-Walled Room

A group of rank-and-file soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusi...

慶安水滸傳

Chikuzen, a ronin named Yoh Daisuke, after pacifying some ruffians at the theater of Onna-Kata Ogino Sawanojiki...

Youth in Fury

A reckless student contemplates terrorism in a prescient film that confirmed Shinoda as a fearless member of Sh...

The Big Ambition

Ai to kanashimi to

1962 Japanese movie

Carmen's Innocent Love

Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.

Killers on Parade

A vengeful contractor hires a series of young killers to target a woman muckraker. Trouble brews when an amateu...

I Will Buy You

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising baseball player to The Toyko Flowers.

Akuma no kao

One Step to Happiness

The Abalone Gals

South of Tokyo is a small island until quite recently relatively unchanged since feudal times. Now, however, it...

Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi

A road trip comedy set against the backdrop of the famous historical sites of Tohoku and Hokkaido.

俺は死なない

Kyūkon sannin musume

1954 Japanese movie

Vagabond Lovers

Haha to ko no mado