Shojiro Ogasawara
1902 - 1974人間の條件 第３部望郷篇／第４部戦雲篇
Masaki Kobayashi
Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama
Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against the recruit Obara. He also sees his friend Shinjô Ittôhei defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.
The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity
Nippon no obaachan
Tadashi Imai
Chôchô Miyako, Tanie Kitabayashi
Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just escaped a retirement home and the other was looking for an escape from her son and daughter-in-law. With nowhere to go, the two wander around, befriending a cosmetics salesman and a kind waitress who give them beer. This biting social satire starring two memorable grandmothers, scripted by Yôko Mizuki, picked up on Japan’s aging population problem far ahead of its time.
Nippon no obaachan
海を渡る祭礼
Hiroshi Inagaki
Haruyo Ichikawa, Fujiko Fukamizu
There is an inn named Asano Ya in the port town, and a beautiful woman works there. Every year, during a local festival, travelling artists and teachers gather from all over the country, including sesame oil sellers and organ grinders. The day before the festival, trouble arises with some horses.
Festival Across the Sea
笛吹川
Keisuke Kinoshita
Takahiro Tamura, Hideko Takamine
In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to escape his miserable condition, being soon followed by his younger brothers. Although not all the men of the family take this tragic path of death, women of the family will be doomed to endure the pain of loss during the next five generations.
The River Fuefuki
海の野郎ども
Kaneto Shindō
Yûjirô Ishihara, Shōji Yasui
A scrap iron carrier arrived at Tokyo bay. The ship swarmed with the stevedores, the souvenir seller and the hookers. The crews of ship were oppressed by arrogant captain and his officers. The crews caused an uprising. A manager of stevedore ordered his employee leader to suppress an uprising...
Harbor Rats
ハレンチ学園 身体検査の巻
Yuji Tanno
Jō Shishido, Shigeo Takamatsu
In this outing of Harenchi Gakuen the students undergo a health check after school, but all is not what it seems. Teacher 'Beard Godzilla' has kicked out the infirmary's doctor and taken his place. A trio of students notice the trick and dress up as medical professionals to assist the female portion of the school body. A newspaper has caught wind of this.
Shameless School: Health Check in the Nude
