Eiran Yoshikawa
1904 (121 год)
誇り高き挑戦
Kinji Fukasaku
Koji Tsuruta, Tatsuo Umemiya
Journalist Kuroki is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. He discovers that the point man in an arms trade was also involved in the cover-up of a murder on an American base during the Allied Occupation. The film rolls along as a suspenseful thriller while offering a critique of political corruption, hypocrisy, and journalistic cowardice in postwar Japan.
The Challenge
希望の乙女
Yasushi Sasaki
Hibari Misora, Ken Takakura
Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and songs, this story shows how a girl raised on a farm was able to make her dream a reality, with the love of those around her.
With Songs in My Heart
Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi
Ren Yoshimura
Setsuko Hara, Jun Miyazaki
The film centers a compassionate teacher (Setsuko Hara) who teaches at a Tokyo grade school where students curse and gamble. The school has a pond on-premises that she's in charge of and cares for. The pond holds a number of carp, but someone is snatching them. The teacher forms a special bond with a child who lives in abject poverty.
Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi
潜水艦１号
Masamitsu Igayama
Koji Nakata, Shirô Izome
This film begins with a teacher describing to his students how brave the crew was which died as result of Japan's first submarine accident. The film then follows two of the pupils, one becomes a submarine captain and the other designs submarines.
Submarine Number One
