Fukuko Sayo

原爆の子

Kaneto Shindō

Nobuko Otowa, Osamu Takizawa

Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath.

その人は遠く

Kiyoshi Horiike

Izumi Ashikawa, Masako Izumi

A romance of a pure young lover and his heartbreak for a beautiful older woman.

Akitsu Springs

Yoshishige Yoshida

Mariko Okada, Hiroyuki Nagato

Yoshida’s first big-budget production and colour film is a haunting tale of unrequited love and postwar disillusion. The story of the fatal attraction between a spineless intellectual and a strong woman is conventional, but its enactment is radically new.

縮図

Kaneto Shindō

Nobuko Otowa, Sumiko Hidaka

Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope in the process. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't escape her sad fate.

Bad Girl

Kirio Urayama

Mitsuo Hamada, Masako Izumi

Wakae is a 15 year old girl who lived under the same roof with her alcoholic father and stepmom. Her mother had died years ago. She spends her nights at a rundown bar, sharing drinks and cigarettes with the lowlife drunks. She has nowhere to turn and no one to talk to, until she is reunited with her childhood friend, Saburo, who brings warmth to her heart.

銀心中

Kaneto Shindō

Nobuko Otowa, Hiroyuki Nagato

Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.

風立ちぬ

Mitsuo Wakasugi

Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura

The story began in the early summer of 1942 when 'Tatsurou' met 'Setsuko' at Karuizawa. Its love at first sight but sadly 'Setsuko' was pledged to marry a stranger by her parent. She ran away from her hometown and arrived at Tokyo in search of her love one. War erupted then and Tatsurou was summoned to service. As be set foot on a snow-capped mountain before his imminent departure, they promised to each other to press on until they meet again. But, soon she was fallen very ill to TB

銀座二十四帖

Yūzō Kawashima

Yumeji Tsukioka, Tatsuya Mihashi

In the thriving Tokyo neighborhood of Ginza, a woman in the process of selling her estranged husband’s art collection attempts to identify the man who painted her own portrait fifteen years prior.

白鷺

Teinosuke Kinugasa

Fujiko Yamamoto, Keizô Kawasaki

The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, her past filled with debts and pimps catches up to her.

男はつらいよ 寅次郎恋やつれ

Yoji Yamada

Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho

After Torajiro's latest attempt to find a bride goes awry, he starts traveling again and runs into Utako (last seen in Tora-san's Dear Old Home), now a widow.

あやに愛しき

Jūkichi Uno

Kinzō Shin, Kinuyo Tanaka

The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to write about her, though he runs into trouble when her parents accuse him of cashing in on her misfortune.

あした来る人

Yūzō Kawashima

Yumeji Tsukioka, Tatsuya Mihashi

Sonejiro sacrifices all comfort to devote himself to research. Young housewife Yachiyo is disappointed with her husband Kappei, who is more attracted to mountain climbing and another girl. When Yachiyo’s father is introduced to Sonejiro, good will turns evil, and all happiness is at stake.

処女が見た

Kenji Misumi

Ayako Wakao, Michiyo Ookusu

A father decides to put his delinquent daughter into a temple in Kyoto known for its austere novitiate. Initially resistant to all forms of discipline, she ends up falling in love with the nun who is in charge of her.

銭形平次捕物控 平次八百八町

Kiyoshi Saeki

Kazuo Hasegawa, Yataro Kurokawa

Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their leader is.

肉体の門

Masafusa Ozaki, Masahiro Makino

Yukiko Todoroki, Chiaki Tsukioka

A pickpocket falls in with a group of prostitutes who have one strict rule: none of them may ever sleep with a man without taking his money — falling in love is forbidden.

夜明け前

Kōzaburō Yoshimura

Nobuko Otowa, Sumiko Hidaka