Movie adaptation of a novel by Rampo Edogawa.
White man
Broke, his vintage Nash convertible repossessed, private eye Mike Hama is reduced to combing the mean streets of the Yokohama waterfront on a borrowed bicycle. But when Lily, a beautiful stripper from out of Hama's past, returns to town, the fuse is lit on a criminal powder keg set to blow the lid off the Yokohama underworld.
A hard working salaryman takes off five days from his busy job and sets off with his wife and two children to visit his parents in his hometown for the 1991 new year holidays. He decides that they will go by car to save on expenses. Unfortunately, the long drive from Tokyo to his hometown becomes a much longer journey than expected due to traffic, sickness and other misfortunes and by the time they arrive three days later, they only have time for a short but happy visit.
Masakichi Ono
Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.
Katsu, who belongs to the Murai group of the Sakagami Union, was frustrated by the distance from the yakuza world he had envisioned. At that time, Katsu, who met Osamu who belongs to the conflicting Dainippon Kyokushinkai, feels the real gangster scent of Osamu.
Hachiro Ishimoto
Narumi Rokuheita and his wife Noriko spend their lives separated. Soon they start looking for love elsewhere.
Omi-no-kami
A samurai warrior is terrorised by the demon Agi.
Ozawa Taicho
Dos científicos japoneses, Ushioda y Ochi, desarrollan un vínculo especial con los perros de sus trineos durante una expedición a la Antártida. Finalmente, ambos vuelven a casa, pero regresan cuando se descubren que los perros han sido abandonados.
Taichi Dôjima
A man and a woman drift ashore after a typhoon. The man, dead, is an escaped perpetrator, and the woman, alive, is a hairdresser Masako. A detective in charge of an embezzlement case is tracking the whereabouts of disappeared money and suspects Masako. One year later, a real estate company president dies a suspicious death in front of Masako at her beauty salon. Was it an accidents or murder?
An ex-Olympic athlete and a student commit cash robbery. Aki Hoshino, a pre-med student, becomes inspired to steal money the school collected as “special fees” from parents wanting to assure their offspring’s’ acceptance into the hallowed institution. He forms an unbeatable alliance with an ex-employee and crime bosses to retrieve the ill-gotten money from the “wrong” hands.
Tôno, Chika's step father(東野保彦)
A working class young man, Tetsuo, who distrusts all rich people, falls in love with a girl, Chika, from an affluent family. He has a difficult time, but love survives despite the problems.
Adaptation of a 1956 novel by Yukio Mishima.
Professor Watanabe
Un científico predice un inminente terremoto que dejaría Japón reducido a escombros. En vez de accionar los canales de emergencia, los políticos y miembros de la comunidad científica no hacen caso a sus alarmas. Pronto, el anunciado terremoto tiene lugar, y ni gobernantes ni el ejército están preparados para la mayor hecatombe de la historia de Japón...
A made for TV movie that would be loosely remade as Magnitude 7.9 or DEATHQUAKE
Yoshio Morikawa
Yasuzo entra en la habitación de su hijo, Tsutomu, y le estrangula. Ryoko, la madre del chico, llora horrorizada pero no parece protestar por la acción de su marido. ¿Qué puede llevar a un padre ha hacer algo así a su propio hijo?
Shuhei Agata
From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home. With the loss of his master who held a secret to a weapons smuggling case and the corruptions of those who are involved, Goro's adventure unfolds.
UFOs appear on Earth, and people who actually see them suddenly find that their blood has turned blue. Soon panic and hysteria result in the new "blue-bloods" being persecuted by the rest of mankind, and eventually certain all-too-familiar measures begin to be taken against them.
Assistant General Tokunaga
Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, the coup squadrons are wiped out one by one. The remaining squadron takes over a night train bound for Tokyo.
Kyoko met Tetsu during her trip to San Francisco. Soon they fell in love but getting married was not in his mind. They were to meet again back in Tokyo but Tetsu didn't turn up. She went to look for him in San Francisco but all she found was him with his new girlfriend. Kyoko went back to Tokyo and eventually married a big corporate CEO...
Narrator (voice)
Director Koreyoshi Kurahara chronicles the lives of Flep and Leila, two foxes living in northern Japan. First, Flep must fight for Leila before the two can become partners and mate. After Flep defeats another male fox, he and Leila eventually produce a group of five cubs. However, with their family complete, the group must deal with human interferences in their habitat, such as chicken farms and snowmobiles, and fight against the debilitating cold of winter.
Ankokuji
Sen Rikyu is a ceremonial tea master who advises warlord Hideyoshi in sixteenth-century feudal Japan. His daughter, the beautiful Lady Ogin, has an unrequited love for Lord Ukon, who has angered Hideyoshi by becoming a Christian convert. Ogin's father Rikyu also displeases Hideyoshi by opposing the warlord's plan to invade China and Korea. When the animalistic Hideyoshi is rejected by Ogin, he threatens her and her father with arrest and worse.
Professor Kamiyama
At a seaside city somewhere in the Tohoku area, the corpses of Nozomi, daughter of an affluent family, and Yamazaki, son of an engineer at the local nuclear power-plant, are found tied-to on a beach, as if they intended to commit double suicide. Nogami, a reporter, begins to investigate.
Tanuma
Utamaro was an artist who lived in Edo (which was later to become modern-day Tokyo) in the late 18th century. This film, which has a complex and wide-ranging storyline, recreates the world of that time, as it appeared in Utamaro's paintings.
Amaohka
A Japanese sailor finds a colony of Eskimos in the Arctic and decides to stay with them. He comes off at a certain moment to look for his luck in the gold rush in Alaska. But he does not forget them.
Japanese film based on the song by Harumi Miyako.
In a fishing town by the Seto Sea, a student discovers a woman motionless on the beach and takes her back to his family's inn to nurse her, but he soon discovers than she is an extremist on the run from the police.
Kudo
Japanese crime film.
Evangelist
The story of an orphan girl, brought up in naive, rustic innocence by an elderly relative, who is suddenly exposed to the brutality, greed and deceptiveness of the outside world when her grandmother dies. Notwithstanding her healthy distrust of all strangers, which her upbringing instilled in her, it is not long before a cunning racketeer finds her weak point, that temptation which she cannot resist, that weakness, different as it may be, that each of us has, and brings her into his power. What follows is a depiction of her cruel descent into the depths of moral decay, as she becomes a collaborator in a system of exploitation, unbridled lust, vanity, and greed, in which she and other victims are always the losers.
A young doctor starts working at a mental hospital in the Yokohama region and falls in love with one of the patients there.
A tough prosecutor is falsely accused of theft and goes on the run to clear his name. He is assisted by the beautiful daughter of a rich man.
Bunmei
Nakadai is an English teacher at a local school. He’s put-upon like the patron figure of dozens of films and televisions shows. Viewers who are especially fans of Nakadai will appreciate how the actor comically rants about here. His home life is almost disastrous, with a ditzy (but attractive) wife, three young children, a loud school nearby that’s controlled by a corrupt businessman he loathes, and frequent visits from layabout friends. And the grey-furred, green-eyed cat!
Youth movie.
Salabad
Dos organizaciones con poderes paranormales, ESPY y CONTRAESPY estan enfrentadas. La primera, defensora de la paz mundial; la segunda con el más increíble plan de destrucción de la humanidad. Esta última después de asesinar a un comité de las Naciones Unidas, pretende asesinar a un primer ministro de un país de Europa Oriental. A partir de este momento las dos organizaciones se suman en ataques y contraataques para asesinar o para salvar al primer ministro, utilizando para ello sus poderes telepáticos y telekinéticos.
Tono
La Yakuza es una mafia japonesa cuyo origen se remonta al siglo XVII. Utiliza los mismos métodos que las mafias occidentales y, como ellas, controla los negocios más turbios: la prostitución, el blanqueo de dinero, el contrabando, etc. Después de la Revolución Meijí (1868), que supuso la occidentalización del Japón, muchos samuráis pasaron a engrosar las filas de esta organización. Harry Kilman, un hombre que formó parte de las tropas de ocupación estadounidenses en Japón, vuelve a este país para ayudar a un amigo cuya hija ha sido secuestrada.
Lawyer
Drama basado en una historia real que gira en torno a una mujer que pasa nueve meses tratando de recuperar el cadáver de su marido, luchando sin desfallecer contra la burocracia y la indiferencia gubernamental a lo largo de todo el proceso.
Gishirō Tsukamoto
Una jovencita llamada Yuki Kashima, nació en la cárcel en una fría noche como instrumento de una venganza, ya que su padre, fue brutalmente asesinado al ser confundido con un asesino del gobierno Meiji, suerte que también compartió su pequeño hermano. Su madre logró vengarse de uno de los asesinos, pero por ese asesinato fue condenada a cadena perpetua y para continuar su venganza, se dedicó a acostarse con todos los presos y carceleros que pudo, hasta conseguir quedar embarazada para que su hijo (que resultó ser hija) terminase la venganza por ella. Saya murió al dar a luz a la pequeña Yuki, que fue educada y brutalmente entrenada por el monje Dokai.
Shogen Wakita
Quinta entrega de la serie de adaptaciones al cine de imágen real del famoso manga escrito por Kazuo Koike y dibujado por Goseki Kojima. Narra las aventuras de un Samurai que trabaja con su hijo siempre acompañándole en sus viajes. Cinco ninjas desafían en duelo a Ogami Itto. Cada uno de ellos guarda un fragmento de la misión de Itto: matar al enloquecido Daimyo antes de que acabe con su clan.
Shinbei
Vigésimo quinta de las veintiséis películas basadas en el personaje de Zatoichi interpretado por Shintarô Katsu. Después de más de veinte años, Zatoichi regresa a su pueblo natal donde conocerá a una hermanastra. Por otro lado, un viejo amigo de la infancia, se está aprovechando de los granjeros del pueblo para enriquecerse. Una vez más Zatoichi tratará de imponer la justicia con sus propios medios.
Mike Tachibana
A gunslinger is hired to kill a news photographer. The young ward of the shot photographer discovers the set-up behind the killing - that a laboratory is being set up by a Nazi organization to capture and train talented youth and that the photographer was about to expose it.
Inoue Chikugonokami
Adaptación de la novela de Shusaku Endo, la película de Shinoda coescrita con Endo, explora el violento conflicto cultural que se produce a la llegada de misioneros jesuitas a Japón en el siglo XVII.
(voice)
A film by Haneda Sumiko.
The film depicts the youth of Kinzo, a heretic painter who worked in Tosa during the late Edo period, and the hurricane-like inner side of his life.
Mori
El film de debut de Akio Jissoji acerca de una relación incestuosa de dos hermanos de una familia tradicional que vive cerca de Kyoto, es el perfecto ejemplo de la plasmación del pensamiento budista en el cine, realizada con una fotografía cautivadora y unos rompedores planos secuencia.
Nobuyuki Ishido
Michi's first encounter with Nobuyuki Ishida, secretary to the chairman of a private school, takes place in the drawing room, when she attempts to swindle him out of two million yen for alleged rape by his son. Akie (Kyoko Kishida), Ishida's wife and the chairman's daughter, offers her a million, but he gives her what she demands. Now Michi is not only satisfied, but she has a mad desire for Ishida and calls him every day asking for a date. His sympathy for her gradually evolves into love, and he soon allows her insatiable passion to strip him of his decency.
Thriller about a Japanese-American CIA agent (Kayama) in Japan.
Toru Kijima
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.
Modern sex and thrill film about tattooed prostitute.
Tonomura has a singular taste in women. He likes them, but he wants them tattooed. To this end, young Osayo has herself decorated with a celebrated flying-angel pattern and in this way brings much pleasure to her patron. A young hoodlum named Shinnosuke also covets the tattooed maiden. He, decorated with the design of a famous thief, finally gets to her and she responds as she rarely does with her older lover. Also in love with her is a young girl named Okimi who has herself tattooed with a courtesan design just to please the older woman. Having done so, however, she becomes fair prey to the tattoo-loving Tonomura who loses no time in seducing her.
Riichirô Maejima
The story of men devoted to the yakuza lifestyle and their struggles during a time of fading yakuza power.
Tsubaki
Takamura, a poet and sculptor, marries a budding artist named Chieko who dreams of becoming an oil painter. When a series of hardships befall her family, she finds herself unable to confide in her husband, and the pain she carries within begins to weigh heavily on her sanity...
Dr. Kato
A su regreso del planeta Marte, una astronave es portadora de un virus que al contacto con nuestro planeta engendra al monstruo Gilala, un ser gigante que pesa 15.000 toneladas y pretende destrozar todas las ciudades que se le pongan en su camino.
Suzuko, a woman in her twenties who has a brother with political problems (due to communist reprisals), lives for over five years in a love affair with Tate who's a young lieutenant in the Army, ultimately becoming a right-wing fundamentalist revolutionary. She marries another man, one totally dedicated to the rigorous practices of Noh theatre, in an arranged marriage, but the bond that connects her with Tate is too strong.
The Boss
Convencido de que el alma reside en la piel, de que su propio ser se ha desvanecido junto con los rasgos de su cara desfigurada a raíz de un accidente, un científico se obsesiona con la idea de cubrirse con una máscara, otro yo que, esperanzadamente, concibe como un nexo con el mundo.
Shuji Onoda
Asai
Easily bored, but still innocent and naive countryside girl (Mako Midori) discovers partying in Tokyo is a ton of fun. Yakuza-to-be (Ichiro Araki) is an acquaintance who tries to rape her, and the typically bland but very-good-here (Hayato Tani) the first boyfriend. Director Yasuo Furuhata (his first picture) lets his camera roll in trendy clubs amongst partying youngsters in a way that could've been out of 60s England or a Nikkatsu film if it wasn't shadowed by dated 60s Toei conservatism.The resulting film is a bit confused, either a rebellious youth tale chained by moral concerns, or something conceived as a morality tale trying to break free from its chains.
Tatewaki Koriyama
Los años de guerra llegan a su fin en un Japón unificado bajo el Shogunato Tokugawa. El espía Sasuke Sarutobi, cansado del conflicto, desea la paz pero otro importante espía llamado Tatewaki Koriyama planea abandonar al shogun por un clan rival, convulsionando el oscuro mundo de los espías.
Gennosuke / Tesshin
Remake de los dos filmes sobre "la leyenda del gran Judo" de Akira Kurosawa, filmados en 1942 y 1945.
Genjirô Maruume
A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the detective looking into the deaths does not suspect her.
Lord Matsudaira
La película cuenta la breve vida de Hachiro Kiyokawa, un ambicioso ronin de finales del siglo XIX japonés. Kiyokawa, un personaje misterioso y experto luchador, se mueve entre las dos facciones enfrentadas (el Shogun y el Emperador) para luchar por sus propios fines.
Nozawa
After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life deeply gets in trouble.
Entomologist Niki Jumpei
Un entomólogo en busca de insectos en un desierto de arena se ve de repente atrapado conviviendo con una mujer que vive sola en una vieja casa, y con la que establecerá una extraña relación.
Eiichi Ishikawa
Una mujer se encuentra insatisfecha de la vida que llevan ella y su marido. Un día se encuentran con un mendigo que vive en la miseria con su perro y un huérfano ciego. La mujer queda fascinada por el mundo del mendigo y persigue una amistad con consecuencias trágicas. (FILMAFFINITY)
Deong
Un embajador (Marlon Brando) llega a Sarkan, un país del sureste de Asia, donde la sombra de la guerra civil amenaza una tensa paz. El país está dividido, y existe una gran inquietud política porque los comunistas controlan casi todo el territorio; además, el pueblo desconfía de su primer ministro Kwen Sai. El gobierno de los Estados Unidos invierte cuantiosos fondos en la construcción de una carretera que permitirá explotar el interior del país, pero los comunistas se oponen.
Danny Riquet
Van Hekkin prepara un último gran golpe antes de retirarse de la vida criminal. Para ello deberá viajar hasta Tokyo, que es dónde está un valioso diamante que es de lo más grandes del mundo. Para la misión ha reclutado a Carl Mersen, ex soldado y a Pierre Mérigné, un ingeniero que ha inventado una máquina para disolver el metal. (FILMAFFINITY)
Yamanami Keisuke
Megastar Kataoka Chiezo is Vice-commander Hijikata Toshizo of the Shinsengumi in this realistic tale of Japan’s inner battles that led to the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. Excellent performances and extremely good swordplay highlight this glimpse into the heart and soul of Japanese history. Although known as “Razor Blade” Hijikata, the vice-commander is a man of deep conviction with a little-known sense of humanity. Starting after the famed Ikedaya Incident, in which they saved Kyoto from Choshu’s plot to burn the city to ashes, they work hard to change the public’s view of them as merciless killers to their true mission of protecting the shogun. This is an extraordinary tale of blood and guts! From the pen of award winning author Shotaro Ikenami (Bandit Vs. Samurai, Hunter in the Dark, Misumi's The Last Samurai)
China, siglo V. Un soldado chino (Yuen Biao), que lucha en una guerra civil, huye del conflicto junto con un soldado enemigo (Sammo Hung) hacia la mítica montaña Zu, donde se une como discípulo a un mágico espadachín (Adam Cheng) cuya misión es la de encontrar las legendarias "espadas gemelas", las únicas armas que son capaces de destruir a un ser demoníaco que busca ingresar al mundo de los seres humanos proveniente del más allá. Momentáneamente un anciano con largas pestañas (Sammo Hung) contiene al espíritu maligno, pero el espadachín es envenenado y su única esperanza son las artes curativas de la bella Condesa (Brigitte Lin).
The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda.
The epic battles between the Heike and Genji (Taira and Minamoto clans) take centerstage as the defeated leader of the Genji, Minamoto Yoritomo resolves to end his clan's exile and avenge the brutal loss in December, 1159 as they had fought under the white banner of the Emperor, while the Taira fought under their red flags in a battle to the death. The fight only took one day, with the Genji suffering utter defeat which led to their exile. His father, Yoshitomo, took responsibility for the loss and rather than live in humiliation, he decides to commit suicide with all his sons following him. However, the bravest warrior among them, Yoritomo stands tall and declares that he will not kill himself, but rather will fight to restore the clan.
Kamio Shume
A mediados de la era Kan'ei, Japón se encontraba en los primeros años de su época más pacífica. Esto dejó a un gran número de samuráis sin empleo y sin nada que hacer, por lo que su moral se vio mermada. Para levantar el ánimo, el Consejero Principal del Shogun sugiere que se celebre un "Festival de samuráis" en presencia del Shogun. Los problemas empiezan a aparecer cuando algunos de los samuráis traen sus redencillas personales a la competición. Cuando Bushi Shirogoro se encuentre con Yakimura, la hija del difunto Lord Sanada, saltarán las chispas a la vez que Yakimura intentará usar la competición para llevar a cabo su plan de venganza contra el Shogun Iemitsu.
Shinzo Murakami
Historia de piratas y Samurais...
Sheriff Goro goes undercover to investigate drug smugglers.
Aoi Shingo, a son of the Shogun, continues his travels seeking to further his mastery of the sword. In this final episode of the popular “Shingo’s Original Challenge” series, Shingo confronts his master’s killer in the ultimate test of his skill.
The adventures of Aoi Shingo continue. Shingo is finally given permission to officially meet his father, the Shogun. However, his journey is disturbed by those who wish to claim his life. This is the third part of "THE 10 DUELS OF YOUNG SHINGO", following the first 2 parts (which were actually done as one movie). The tension mounts as young Shingo must face obstacles the like of which he had never before seen. And, can he avenge the death of his master? The man to whom he owes everything.
Lui
Después de rodar una película en Hiroshima, una joven actriz francesa pasa su última noche en un hotel, en compañía de un japonés. Son dos desconocidos, pero lo que podría ser la fugaz aventura de una noche se convierte en un intenso idilio que hace que ella rememore un amor imposible vivido en Nevers (Francia) unos años antes. La relación amorosa se convierte entonces en un proceso introspectivo a través del cual la mujer reconstruye su pasado y revela sus sentimientos más íntimos a su compañero.
These are the first two parts of the popular series in which a young samurai learns that he is the illegitimate son of the Shogun. Hoping to reunite with his birth father, Shogun Yoshimune, he heads for the castle.
Shimano
Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama with a contemporary backdrop, Dotanba focuses on the attempts to rescue a group of trapped miners. The title is a figure of speech — (essentially “last minute” or “eleventh hour”) — that refers to a situation of peril. The film boasts a script co-written by Uchida and Akira Kurosawa’s frequent screenwriter, Shinobu Hashimoto, and stars Kurosawa’s frequent star Takashi Shimura.
Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately trying to be together despite tortuous circumstances. The film depicts their lives as thieves, menial laborers who can get little pay, society outcasts, and of course, lovers. Junai Monogatari depicts, mostly, their struggles within the Japanese reformatory system and Mitsuko's worsening sickness.
Hayata and his best friend Ushijima came to Tokyo to become champions. Hayata repeatedly sought to join Tamura's boxing club, but Tamura fell in love with Ushijima's punch. Then Hayata decides to become Ushijima's manager and make good money on his friend's talent. Ushijima himself is a peaceful, kind guy who doesn't really like boxing, but under the wise guidance of Hayata, he starts to defeat one opponent after another...
Kogoro Akechi
Fourth film in the Boy Detectives Club series.
Kogoro Akechi
A man with many disguises uses robotic beetles, man-made monsters and other devices to try and steal atomic power.
Kogoro Akechi
Second film in the Boy Detectives Club series.
Kogoro Akechi
First film in the Boy Detectives Club series.
Junpei Kihara, a young president of the University's wrestling club, is nicknamed "Mr. Chop". One day, on the way back from visiting the hospital after being thrown by Nobuyoshi Shinohara during practice and injured, he met Asako, the sister of Arisawa's mother, Katsuko. When they entering a coffee shop run by Asako's best friend Hisako, Hisako misunderstood them as lovers...
Jun Mitani
The orphaned son of a count who was assassinated by his subordinates in a conspiracy during the Pacific War becomes obsessed with taking revenge on his late father's enemies.
Hagiwara Yusa
Christ in Bronze is a 1955 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Minoru Shibuya. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.
The story of a group of young people who organise their own travelling symphony orchestra to provide music for people living in remote villages shortly after the war.
Ensign Asakura
Monta
An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.
Leutnant Guni Hanata
Based on Philippines war experiences. Military doctor Leutenant Hanada deserts with a local girl. The officer in command orders Lieutenant Uji to shoot Hanada. Uji takes a sharpshooter called Takagi and tracks him. At first Uji cannot forgive Hanada but as Uji is isolated from the main force he too starts to think of desertion.
Kitagawa
The film shows the bombing of Hiroshima and the horrific aftermath following the detonation of an atomic bomb on humans for the first time in history.
A movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots.
Teacher Tamai
A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situation for the girls becomes increasingly desperate as food and shelter run out and the number of injured climbs, leading to the film's tragic finale.
Just before the end of the war, Japanese soldier Kitani is released from prison, having served his term for theft. Told in flashback, viewers learn about Kitani's past and reasons behind his prison sentence.
Shinjiro Hirai
'Madre' es la historia de una madre pobre y trabajadora, con un marido enfermo, que se sacrifica para mantener a su familia en los suburbios de Tokio. La película define "Shomin Geki", un género cinematográfico japonés que presenta una representación realista de la clase baja económica, contada con elementos de comedia ligera y melodrama. Esta es la obra más conocida del director Mikio Naruse, aclamado por los historiadores de cine japoneses como un igual a Kurosawa, Ozu y Mizoguchi, pero subestimado en Occidente.
A story of a passionate teacher and his great effort for the children in a poor village.
Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in postwar Japan.
Shunsuke Washimi, a member of the karate club, misunderstands the affections of Chiyo, a lodging house girl who is in love with him and in the midst of a confusion challenges Yamauchi Tatsuhiko to a fight, forgetting the true core of martial arts, that should only be used as a selfdefense.
The Stormy Era of Twenty Years
Ryuji
A Hibari Misora musical about an impoverished girl and her brother in Postwar Japan.
The critical establishment was clearly not prepared to accept a woman's prison film featuring former prostitutes recovering from venereal diseases, unwanted pregnancies, and estranged lovers. With its cat fights, hysterical tantrums, film noir lighting, and dramatic music, White Beast is indicative of the new influences of the Hollywood psychological thriller on Naruse. Caged (John Cromwell, 1950) initiated a cycle of women's prison movies in the United States that may or may not have been shown in Japan, but the stylistics of White Beast draw on the same paranoid woman's films and film noir conventions that preceded the American cycle.
Saburo Tajima
Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.
