Older Brother, Younger Sister (1953)
In Older Brother, Younger Sister, director Mikio Naruses adaptation of an oft filmed popular novel by Saisei Muro, the eldest daughter Machiko Kyo of a rural family comes home pregnant, testing some already tenuous family bonds N
The Life of a Horsetrader (1951)
This early gem starring the great Mifune Toshiro tells the tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka The Shark, a rough and tumble horse trader in Japans rugged northernmost territory of Hokkaddo always ready to drink, fight, gamble and
Street of Shame (1956)
The personal tales of various prostitutes who occupy a brothel
Ugetsu (1953)
A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century