Policeman
The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’ plan backfires when they come down with severe cases of conscience. Keisuke Kinoshita’s directorial debut is a breezy, warmhearted, and often very funny crowd-pleaser that’s a testament to the filmmaker’s faith in people.
Shônosuke
Uta’s mother died when she was six years old; her father she never met. She was forced to adopt a traveller’s life when her grandmother died, and now she is a dancer and part of a family of actors who travel from town to town, setting up street performances. A way of escape from this marginal existence arises when she gets the chance to move to tea merchant Hiramatsu’s place, where she is asked to teach his daughter to dance.
A reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The teachers and caretakers face much trouble. The school is often short on water, and one day, the well runs dry.
Detective
On vacation's eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is imprisoned and accused of embezzlement.
During college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is tested when one of them becomes involved with a woman who may be a prostitute.
Clerk
Episode in the life of a composer of a popular Japanese song.
Peddler
Un carismático conductor de autobús es apodado "Arigatô-san (Sr. Gracias)" debido a las constantes palabras de agradecimiento que dirige a los peatones que le dejan paso en el camino. En uno de sus viajes desde el pueblo de Izu hasta la ciudad de Tokyo llevará en su autobús, entre otros variopintos personajes, a una madre que se ha visto obligada por la penuria económica a mandar a su hija a trabajar en un burdel.
Doctor
El último film mudo de Naruse cuenta la vida de una camarera, Sugiko, cuya vida toma un brusco giro tras ser atropellada por un rico hombre de negocios.
Doctor
La joven Omitsu se ha quedado sola con su hijo Ayabou tras verse abandonada por su esposo, Mizuhara. Cumplido su turno de camarera, regresa a casa para descubrir que su marido ha regresado. Mizuhara promete hacer borrón y cuenta nueva, así como encontrar un empleo que permita a Omitsu dejar de trabajar.
Village man
"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets there, including their youngest girl. The student finds the naïve girl attractive even though he eventually has to part with the family after spending memorable time together.
