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After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in...
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a musician and is...
Equinox Flower
Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.
Tokyo Twilight
A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The landlord then attempts to evict the tenants and sell...
Black River
A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most northerly island of Japan. From a novel by Taijun...
The Outsiders
An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both...
I Lived, But...
One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to...
Zero Focus
かあちゃんしぐのいやだ
After surviving the double suicide pact she made with her lover, a woman gives birth to their child.
The Snow Flurry
The basic story in Love under the Crucifix is about Ogin, daughter of a tea master, who are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with...
Love Under the Crucifix
Chushingura has been made into a movie several times before, but this time it will be presented in a widescreen version with all natural colors and a...
A Matter of Valour
白磁の人
Japanese drama
Mune yori mune ni
Urban love comedy in which Koji Tsuruta, who works for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Parks and Greenery Department, plays love shepherd to a...
Wedding Season
Recently appointed dean at a film school, Kimuro Hajime develops a special concern for one of his students, Daisuke. The brash, headstrong young man...
Dreaming Awake
A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.
Fountainhead
In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is explored. The lives of three actresses are laid...
Confessions Among Actresses
A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.
Life of Matsu the Untamed
With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant...
Late Chrysanthemums
1958 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume's novel.
Botchan
A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother.
Run, Genta, Run!
Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as they once were.
Farewell to Spring
A melodrama based on the novel by Yasunari Kawabata, telling about the tragic fate of a mother and daughter who are attracted to the same man.
Mother's First Love
Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially...
Night Drum
A motley cast of characters, including a human billboard and a shoeshine girl, help a 5 year old girl after she is separated from her mother on the...
Tokyo Profile
The humorous tale of Jimbei, a miller, and his wife Osen who live in complete happiness. But Osen's beauty attracts numerous would-be lovers among...
His Scarlet Cloak
The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, discovering that she is about to be purchased by a client, steals money from...
Chikamatsu's Love in Osaka
Comedy about a 50-something movie director, his new bride, a classical dancer, and his adult son and daughter and their loves.
The Lovers
A woman becomes dissatisfied with her marriage and joins a political theater troupe to protest the U.S. Security Pact.
A Full Life
Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.
When a Woman Loves
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and...
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
A provincial bus driver plans to marry his conductress, but one night he glimpses the woman he once loved, which throws him into turmoil.
As the Clouds Scatter
A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving behind a fiance…. A unique social satire that...
Drunkard's Paradise
Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.
Towering Waves
Japanese romantic comedy film.
The Adorable Trio
One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his...
The Radish and the Carrot
Closed Ward
The Shrikes
In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. His mother and his clan endure...
Lord Tokugawa Ieyasu
The proprietress of a long-established sushi restaurant in Asakusa is a war widow who has raised three children. A film that lightheartedly depicts a...
Love du Jour
Their Father's Wife
An elderly woman devoted to her foster-daughter searches for a good husband for her.
Itsuko to sono haha
Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys serving him tea, despite the fact that...
Sunflower Girl
Alumni of Ibaraki High School learn that one of their classmates is killed in an accident on the tenth anniversary of their graduation, necessitating...
The Master of Funerals