Sisters of the Gion (1936)
Sisters of the Gion (1936) Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks to stay with her after becoming bankrupt and leaving his wife. However her younger sister Omocha tells her she is wasting her time and money on a loser. She thinks that
Neko to Shôzô to futari no onna (1956)
Neko to Shôzô to futari no onna (1956) A timid man who has spent much of his life attempting without success to get out from under the domination of his mother, finds that marriage is no answer. His first wife is boring and traditional, and his second wife is trampish and crude. But what's worse t
Naniwa erejî (1936)
Naniwa erejî (1936) Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss, Mr. Asai, so she can pay her father's debt, and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement. She also sends money for her brother, Hiroshi, to pay his university tuition, but asks her father not to tell him that it is from her. She t
Yoru no nagare (1960)
Yoru no nagare 1960 Aya is the Madame who runs a restaurant where Geishas meet with their customers to eat, drink, listen to music and sing
Oedo gonin otoko (1951)
Oedo gonin otoko 1951 During the 17th Century bands of hatamoto, samurai vassals of the Tokugawa shogunate, were causing havoc in the new capital city of Edo Opposing them was Banzui in Chobei,whose sole aim was to save Edo from the hatamoto as their violent behavior threatened to pull apart the ver