A Story from Chikamatsu (1954)
A Story from Chikamatsu 1954 To save her brother and the ancestral house from the heavy burden of an unfulfilled debt, Osan the noble wife of the parsimonious but reputable scroll maker, Ishun turns to her husbands kind hearted employee, Mohei However, a transparent forgery paired with a preposterou
Mothra (1961)
Mothra (1961) Shipwreck survivors are found on Beiru Island (Infanto tô), which was previously used for atomic tests. The interior is amazingly free of radiation effects, and they believe that they were protected by a special juice that was given to them by the island's residents. A joint expeditio
Mifune: The Last Samurai (2015)
Mifune: The Last Samurai (2015) A feature-length documentary about the life and films of legendary actor Toshiro Mifune, weaving together film clips, archival stills, and interviews with such luminaries as Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese. Narrated by Keanu Reeves.
Daredevil in the Castle (1961)
Daredevil in the Castle 1961 Mohei is a wandering swordsman He arrives in the city of Osaka, where the Toyotomi clan accepts him and comes to depend upon his courage and his battlefield skills Those skills are sorely tested when Osaka Castle is besieged by the army of the opposing Tokugawa clan
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
Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
Sansho the Bailiff 1954 In mediaeval Japan a compassionate governor is sent into exile His wife and children try to join him, but are separated, and the children grow up amid suffering and oppression
Omotenashi (2018)
Omotenashi 2018 Jacky is the young heir to a construction company in Taiwan His father sends him to Kyoto to oversee the renovation of a hotel they bought Jacky is going in hopes to get back his ex girlfriend Naoko and to sell the hotel There, he meets the innkeeper Mistuko and her daughter Rika
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
Shuu (1956)
Shuu 1956 This wry chamber piece from director Mikio Naruse focuses on a couple whose pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity
Onna bakari no yoru (1961)
Onna bakari no yoru 1961 A prostitute tries to change her life after the enforcement of an anti prostitution law
Lightning (1952)
Lightning 1952 What do you call a woman who has four children from four different men Destitute, wanton, free, liberated, disgusting, busy, hard working, all of these or none of those This is a picture of a family that is, at least, materially poor and sometimes toils to keep its head above water