The critical establishment was clearly not prepared to accept a woman's prison film featuring former prostitutes recovering from venereal diseases,...

This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51). Written by Kaneto Shindô and featuring Ryô...

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes...

Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.

Fujishita Kumi is an ordinary office lady. Longing to escape her poor fishing village for a life in the city, she came to Tokyo. One day while alone...

The troubled relationship between a writer and his ballet teacher wife, who has for years loved another man, finally leads to the breakup of the...

One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.

A widow raises her sickly son to be strong enough to join the army and fight on the front lines.

A "slice-of life" film about a group of high school girls in 1940s Japan.

The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in Japan. The silk mills were located in Okaya...

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a student for being in a relationship with a young...

Follows a bunch of school renegades and their downfall into criminality in a docu-drama style, completely refreshing for its time.

1942 Japanese movie

A woman remarries after receiving official notification that her husband has died, but he returns.

1962 Japanese movie