Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon (1950) A priest, a woodcutter and another man are taking refuge from a rainstorm in the shell of a former gatehouse called Rashômon. The priest and the woodcutter are recounting the story of a murdered samurai whose body the woodcutter discovered three days earlier in a forest grove. Bot
Older Brother, Younger Sister (1953)
Older Brother, Younger Sister 1953 In Older Brother, Younger Sister, director Mikio Naruses adaptation of an oft filmed popular novel by Saisei Muro, the eldest daughter Machiko Kyo of a rural family comes home pregnant, testing some already tenuous family bonds Naruse shows his considerable skill a
Rashomon (1950)
Rashomon (1950) A priest, a woodcutter and another man are taking refuge from a rainstorm in the shell of a former gatehouse called Rashômon. The priest and the woodcutter are recounting the story of a murdered samurai whose body the woodcutter discovered three days earlier in a forest grove. Bot
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960) This is the story of Mama, a.k.a. Keiko, a middle-aged bar hostess who must choose to either get married or buy a bar of her own. Her family hounds her for money, her customers for her attention, and she is continually in debt. The life of a bar hostess is exam
Ugetsu (1953)
Ugetsu 1953 In the beginning of the springtime in the period of the Japanese Civil Wars of the Sixteenth Century in Lake Biwa in the Province of Omi, the family man farmer and craftsman Genjuro travels to Nagahama to sell his wares and makes a small fortune His neighbor Tobei that is a fool man drea
The Idiot (1951)
The Idiot 1951 Kinji Kameda, a war veteran, was almost executed in a military process, that was until a last minute reprieve found him innocent of the charge The resulting turmoil, spent in a VA hospital, led to him suffering mentally, he now clinically deemed an idiot The military having declared h
The Good Fairy (1951)
Chikage Awashima leaves her husband, Koreya Sendai Because he is a high ranking official and a socially important man, this is potential news for the gutter press Reporter Rentaro Mikuni is assigned to the story Sendai refuses to comment, but Mikuni tracks down the ladys sister, Yoko Katsuragi, who
Musume tsuma haha (1960)
Musume tsuma haha (1960) The story of a family in Tokyo who live under the same roof in a large house and include the widowed sixty-year-old mother, older son and his wife, the youngest daughter and the older daughter who, while being married, is experiencing domestic problems and has moved back in.
Love Letter (1953)
Love Letter 1953 This valiant melodrama is the brilliant debut as a moviemaker of the great Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, who also has a small role in the story Based on a screenplay by Keinosuke Kinoshita, Koibumi explore the wounds of war, the limits of love and the need to forgive A sad and tro
A Whistle in My Heart (1959)
A Whistle in My Heart 1959 In the outskirts of a city in Hokkaido, an indigenous Ainu family faces discrimination from their Japanese neighbors, as well as various inter family problems
Alone on the Pacific (1963)
Alone on the Pacific 1963 Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing the Pacific to America in a small sailboat Despite his careful planning many unforeseen events will test his determination
Shamisen to ootobai (1961)
Shamisen to ootobai 1961 A woman brings her injured daughter to the hospital, only to realize that the doctor is the estranged father of her child