Shin'yō Nara
1896 - 1977
春雷
Keisuke Sasaki
Daijirō Natsukawa, Kōji Mitsui
Eiko is an innocent young lady born into a wealthy family with nothing to offer. She was good at singing, and lived her life playing around with her cronies, organizing music concerts and so on. However, things change when her father's business fails and she was suddenly thrown out into the world without any foundation. Eiko has no one to support her after she loses her social status, and her only tutor, Shinnosuke (Natsukawa Daijiro) was the only one who was sincere. Eiko is a stickler for using everything she can get her hands on, and she quickly moves into Shinnosuke's house.
Spring Thunder
麗人
Yasujirō Shimazu
Sumiko Kurishima, Yukichi Iwata
Немой фильм «Прекрасная» (иной вариант перевода — «Красавица») является примером жанра кэйко-эйга (так называемых «тенденциозных фильмов») левого толка и продвигает социальную критику через несправедливые переживания женщины.
Reijin
安城家の舞踏会
Kōzaburō Yoshimura
Setsuko Hara, Yumeko Aizome
After Japan's loss in the war, the wealthy, cultured, liberal Anjo family have to give up their mansion and their way of life. They hold one last ball at the house before leaving. The seemingly cold, cynical son secretly grieves for his defeated father and the values that the war destroyed, while the daughter tries to prevent father from taking his life and to find her own place in the new Japan.
The Ball at the Anjo House
兄とその妹
Yasujirō Shimazu
Shin Saburi, Kuniko Miyake
A man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger sister. The younger sister's a modern girl who's starting to receive romantic attention from one of her co-workers.
A Brother and His Younger Sister
金環蝕
Hiroshi Shimizu
Mitsugu Fujii, Hiroko Kawasaki
The story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi, and his cousin, Nishimiura Kinue, when they leave their hometown for the metropolis of Tokyo. They are in love with each other, but Kinue is expected to marry the lawyer Kanda Seiji. In consequence, Shukichi leaves for Tokyo, where he becomes tutor to the son of the rick Iwaki family. The heartbroken Kinue also makes her way to the capital, where she becomes a bar hostess.
Eclipse
