Misa
This film focuses on Koreans living in Japan. The filmmaker’s humanism comes across in the portrayal of a girl living in a shabby tenement, the warmth of a Korean girl she meets, and the friendliness of this Korean girl’s family.
Tsuru Watanabe, president of women workers
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), varias mujeres trabajan en una empresa de instrumentos de óptica. Bajo el control paternalista del director de la fábrica, luchan para conseguir la máxima calidad en difíciles condiciones. A pesar de las enfermedades y los problemas con los que se enfrentan, viven entregadas a su trabajo y a la causa de su país. El jefe de equipo, cuya mujer se está muriendo, se esforzará por dar ejemplo a los demás mostrando una voluntad de acero.
Sumiko
What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy in 1942.
Geisha
Drama about a young nurse who falls in love with a disabled soldier, and based a true story.
A "slice-of life" film about a group of high school girls in 1940s Japan.
A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a mission to prevent a demonic resurrection. As Genjo Sanzo, Cho Hakkai, Sha Gojyo, and Son Goku (Kenichi Enomoto) fight their way to their goal, their path is fraught with internal strife.
Asako
Twenty-year-old Yoshiko (Setsuko Hara) and her younger sister Asako (Yōko Yaguchi) struggle to accept changes in their home during the preparations of their widowed father's wedding to his chosen bride, Maki Tsuneko (Sadako Sawamura), who's anxious about her conduct as the bride.
