Akio Satake

花くれないに

Tsuneo Tabata

Teiji Takahashi, Eiichi Sugasawara

お早よう

Yasujirō Ozu

Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga

A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest after their parents refuse to buy a television set. Ozu weaves a wealth of subtle gags through a family portrait as rich as those of his dramatic films, mocking the foibles of the adult world through the eyes of his child protagonists. Shot in stunning color and set in a suburb of Tokyo where housewives gossip about the neighbors’ new washing machine and unemployed husbands look for work as door-to-door salesmen, this charming comedy refashions Ozu’s own silent classic I Was Born, But . . . to gently satirize consumerism in postwar Japan.

密告

Masaharu Segawa

Noboru Andô, Isao Kimura

A gangster named Sagara killed a broker at the request of a friend named Oba, was arrested and spent eight years in prison. Now released, he wants to find out who squealed on him.

恋の片道切符

Masahiro Shinoda

Kazuya Kosaka, Noriko Maki

The backstage romances of an egotistical singer and his under-valued manager, a lovelorn bandman and a nude dancer.

鶏はふたゝび鳴く

Heinosuke Gosho

Shūji Sano, Yūnosuke Itō

Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves.

燃ゆる限り

Kenkichi Hara

Yôko Katsuragi, Akihiko Katayama

The Nakata family, father, mother, son Hideo, and daughters Taeko and Akiko live in the poorer section of modern Tokyo. Their troubles start when the father leaves with another woman, returns after he is rejected, and leaves again with the family's money.

奥様多忙

Toshimasa Hozumi

Shirō Ōsaka, Machiko Mizuhara

愛情会議

Teruo Hagiyama

Minoru Oki, Shinobu Asaji

The Kumakichi Ishida family lived happily in a small house in Shibuya while their mansion in Azabu was requisitioned by the occupation forces. When the residence is released to them, Mrs. Ishida wants to turn it into a Western style hotel to recoup their fortunes, but returns to Shibuya, swindled and sober.