Hikaru Yamanouchi

Mikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose life, despite a host of male admirers and even some...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Setsuko Shinobu

Melodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mieko Takamine

Directed by Yasujirô Shimazu.

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Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka

A melodrama about a businessman's relations with the three women in his life.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shin Saburi

Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yoshiko Yamaguchi

The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard. This part is...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka

The poor novelist Yamamoto is writing his novel, determined and with a headband around his head. With him, the novelist who is always in trouble...

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Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka

Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop for Shimazu's story of innocence and experience....

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Uehara

Adaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a hospital, depicts the love lives of the director's...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shin Saburi

Genre: Romance

Cast: Sumiko Kurishima

Film by Hiroshi Shimizu, featuring an early role for frequent Ozu and Naruse collaborator Hideko Takamine.

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Cast: Hideo Fujino

The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard. Told from the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Approaching their graduation ceremony, Saegusa, Sanae, and their classmates go on an overnight trip to Hakone with their teacher Ms. Kawahara, who...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Michiko Kuwano

Directed by Yutaka Abe (as Jack Abe).

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Cast: Komako Sunada

The narrative is about a woman who faces hard times, when her husband is arrested for a crime committed by his boss. The woman also has a child to...

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Cast: Hideo Fujino

Domestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband taking place in a family-run judo school.

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Cast: Shozaburo Abe

A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka