This Transient Life (1970)
This Transient Life (1970) Set around a remote Buddhist monastery, it features Masao, a young son of a rich merchant who doesn't want to follow his father into business or go to college, preferring to study under a famous Master how to make Kannon statues of the Goddess of Mercy. At the same time, h
The X from Outer Space (1967)
The X from Outer Space (1967) The spaceship AAB-Gamma is dispatched from FAFC headquarters in Japan to make a landing on the planet Mars and investigate reports of UFOs in the area. As they near the red planet, they encounter a mysterious UFO that coats the ship's hull with unusual spores. Taking on
Woman in the Dunes (1964)
Woman in the Dunes 1964 Jumpei Niki, a Tokyo based entomologist and educator, is in a poor seaside village collecting specimens of sand insects As it is late in the day and as he has missed the last bus back to the city, some of the local villagers suggest that he spend the night there, they offerin
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) A French woman and a Japanese man have an affair while she is in Japan making a film about peace and the impact of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, The man, an architect, lost his family in the bombing. She recalls her lover during the war, a 23 year-old German soldier who la
The Ugly American (1963)
The Ugly American (1963) An intelligent, articulate scholar, Harrison MacWhite, survives a hostile Senate confirmation hearing at the hands of conservatives to become ambassador to Sarkan, a southeast Asian country where civil war threatens a tense peace. Despite his knowledge, once he's there, MacW
She and He (1963)
She and He (1963) As her husband Eiichi becomes more entangled in his life as businessman, Naoko looks for ways to expand her own life even as her husband's life shrinks in scope and intimacy. She finds new interests, new love, and a greater sense of her place in the world.
Till We Meet Again (1950)
Till We Meet Again 1950 The hero Saburo Okada Eiji is obstructed by a series of events from meeting Keiko Kuga Yoshiko, his fiancee
Mother (1952)
Mother 1952 Adopted from a prize winning school essay on the subject of My Mother, upon being widowed a mother with a little help from her elder daughter has to run the family laundry on her own The second daughter, however, has to be sent to live with relatives as the mother cannot afford her