Rashomon (1950)
The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurais ghost and a woodcutter
Rashomon (1950)
The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurais ghost and a woodcutter
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
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
A middle aged bar hostess, constantly in debt, is faced with numerous social constraints and challenges posed to her by her family, customers and friends
The Idiot (1951)
A Japanese veteran, driven partially mad from the war, travels to the snowy island of Hokkaido where he soon enters a love triangle with his best friend and a disgraced woman
Ugetsu (1953)
A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century
Love Letter (1953)
Explores the wounds of war, the limits of love and the need to forgive A sad and troubled man, Reikichi Mayumi finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people
Anjôke no butôkai (1947)
After Japans loss in the war, the wealthy, cultured, liberal Anjo family have to give up their mansion and their way of life They hold one last ball at the house before leaving The seemingly cold, cynical son secretly grieves f
A Whistle in My Heart (1959)
In the outskirts of a city in Hokkaido, an indigenous Ainu family faces discrimination from their Japanese neighbors, as well as various inter family problems
Alone on the Pacific (1963)
Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing the Pacific to America in a small sailboat Despite his careful planning many unforeseen events will test his determination
Shamisen to ootobai (1961)
A woman brings her injured daughter to the hospital, only to realize that the doctor is the estranged father of her child