the Mishimas' maid
「川は流れる」の柳井隆雄、それに石田守良と今井金次郎が加わって共同で脚本を執筆、「川は流れる」の市村泰一が監督したメロドラマ。
八十八夜－－お茶どころ静岡では新茶摘みにもっとも忙しい季節である。茶園の老舗三島家では、日本橋の店を継いだ長女の正子と婿養子の良介が手伝いに来ていた。大学を卒業した末娘の京子も母のふじに呼び戻されていた。ふじには彼女が女手一つで育ててきた五人の子供があった。長女は家を離れ、次女の高子はすでに嫁ぎ、三女の美子は絵の勉強のためフランスへ行っていた。しかも、長男の欣平は新劇に関係し、たまにしか家によりつかない状態だったので、ふじは美子の帰国を待って真面目な番頭石川と結婚させて三島家を継がせようと決心していた…。
A promising dancer asks her professor to write a libretto for a Nō play. He then introduces her to a student of classical literature, but also a classical theatre student in the hope that the latter will marry Senya..
Japanese comedy film.
A mother and her daughter who run a quiet mountain hotel, and guests who visit the hotel. A girl who does not know what a broken heart is, the attractive joy of first love, and separation is like parting with life. The mother-daughter duet with Isuzu Yamada attracted a lot of attention at that time. Haruko Wanibuchi, demonstrated rare attractiveness and pure charm by playing a heroine living in a beautiful and pure first love.
Aparto no onna
戦後変わりつつある家族の関係をテーマに人間の生と死までをも見つめた深淵なドラマ。故郷の尾道から20年ぶりに東京へ出てきた老夫婦。成人した子どもたちの家を訪ねるが、みなそれぞれの生活に精一杯だった。唯一、戦死した次男の未亡人だけが皮肉にも優しい心遣いを示すのだった……。
Haruko, Dancing girl (uncredited)
Two sisters, one a dancer and the other a script supervisor at a big movie studio, become embroiled in union activities when a strike is called in sympathy with striking railroad workers, one of whom boards with the sisters and their parents. The girls' father argues with them about their strike, but finds his views changing when he himself loses his job.
In A Tale of Archery, young, timid bowmaster Kazuma (Akitake Kôno) seeks to beat the archery record set by Hoshino Kanzaemon, a mysterious figure who, it is rumored, drove the previous champion (Kazuma’s father) to suicide. Possessed of much raw talent, Kazuma is also very much a coward, holing himself up in an inn run by the kindly Okinu (Kinuyo Tanaka) and generally avoiding confrontation of any sort. Despite his clandestine manner, enough of the locals know of Kazuma’s purpose and an attempt is made on his life. He is saved by Karatsu Kanbei (Kazuo Hasegawa), a samurai who offers to help Kazuma hone his archery skills, though it soon becomes clear that this apparently selfless stranger has several potentially shady ulterior motives.
Yoshiko, daughter of Kitamura
Yan
Stalwart soldiers of the Japanese Empire – Japanese and Korean alike – stand in defense of a military outpost threatened by "bandits."
1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel.
Onobu
This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the main supply wagons and the supply troops to transport materiel to the Uesugi army. To this are added episodes involving an itinerant woman.
A Japanese army engineer (Hasegawa) on the mainland must put his personal feelings for a beautiful Chinese woman (Ri) aside if he is to succeed at building a highway through the "bandit"- (aka anti-Japanese militia-) infested hinterlands.
Chako
A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching methods.
Weed with Flowers
