Yoko Benisawa

Late Spring

Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that i...

Crazed Fruit

Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and...

The Balloon

Haruki Murakami is a successful family man and the head of a camera company. Unbeknownst to Murakami, his arrog...

A Slope in the Sun

The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family as tutor of...

A Chain of Islands

When a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine how and why he...

The Ball at the Anjo House

After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to p...

Season of the Sun

The film tells the story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days drinking, sailing a...

Gyakukōsen

Reiko, a free-spirited college girl not bound by social conventions, ends up having an affair with an older, ma...

Man at the Bullfight

An unprecedented, extravagant, passionate film set in Spain and Southern Europe. It depicts the passionate Yuji...

Boyhood

When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.

The Incorrigible

Based on the loosely autobiographical novel of the same name by Toko Kon. Ken Yamanouchi stars as Togo Konno, t...

Haru no Wakakusa

Navy

Japanese war film.

Temptation

Shokichi, the owner of the clothing store, lives with his daughter Hideko and plans to open an art gallery. One...

Age of Nudity

The story deals with a juvenile delinquent gang surviving through petty thievery. However, everything gets scre...

Doctor's Day Off

Having completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day off. However, i...

Born Under Crossed Stars

A young man with a strong sense of justice is torn between two girls: the flighty Taneko and the serious Suzuko...

Funny Friend: The Baby and Express

East-West Transportation, headquartered in Tokyo, operates daily scheduled cargo flights on the Tokaido Road fr...

Burden of Love

The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a program of birt...

Zattō ni hikarume

1959 Japanese movie

高校四年

1957 Japanese movie

Modern People

A section chief at the Bureau of Construction is in a shady relationship with a construction company. Then a ne...

Kyūkon sannin musume

1954 Japanese movie

Unending Advance

One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an ex...

Victory of Women

Representing a destitute mother in an infanticide trial, a female lawyer attempts to convince a conservative pr...

Submarine Number One

This film begins with a teacher describing to his students how brave the crew was which died as result of Japan...

Theater of Life: Youth Version

Jasei no Midara

Directed by Kisaburo Kurihara.

Katsushika Sunako

Directed by Kisaburo Kurihara.

Kanojo no hatsugen