Ryôsuke Saitô

Toshio and Shizuko Omiro, both over seventy years old, have lived in Kawasaki, Japan since 1981. With their free-spirited lifestyle, the improvisaton duo continues to pursue their vision of changing the world into a more peaceful one in an inappropriate and unseemly way.

An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both interviews and Ozu-related locations) shot by Ozu's long-time camera-man (who came out of retirement to work on this). Surprisingly (or perhaps not), it focuses less on Ozu's accomplishments as a film-maker than on his impact on the lives of the people he worked with..

A melodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut. A remake of the 1939 film of the same name.

도쿄 출생으로 서양 무용에 관한 글을 번역하는 고독한 시미무라는 눈이 많이 내리는 고장의 온천에 가서 순결한 생명력을 가진 게이샤 고마코와 친해지면서 그녀의 청순한 정열에 감동한다. 그는 고마코와의 만남을 떠올리며 눈고장의 온천을 다시 찾는다. 기차 안에서 맞은 편에 앉은 고마코 춤 선생의 아들과 그의 애인인 요오코를 만난다. 춤 선생의 아들은 병이 들어 있고 요오코는 그의 병시중을 든다. 거기서 시마무라는 요오코에게 야릇한 감정을 느끼는데...

Futari dake no toride

One night, three wives, Matsuyo, Keiko and Mari, receive a mysterious telephone call. The voice tells them that she has their husbands with her and invites them to " P " Hotel to see for themselves. They have been married for many years and are bored with their husbands, and are about to secretly carry on affairs with the other's mates.

A woman has to give up her dream of becoming an actress when her family goes into debt, but she catches the eye of a businessman while working at a nightclub. He sets her up with her own nightclub, but with expectations attached.

A crime boss gets out of prison and tries to find who from his organization betrayed him.

Japanese romantic comedy film.

A neighborhood labors under postwar hardships.

The obstinate black market trader Okyo lives together with her son Seitaro, who works as a mechanic for a bus company. She also looks after her son's colleague, the bus driver Fujita. When he causes an accident one day, Seitaro testifies against him due to his moral scruples, thus getting his company into trouble.

Christ in Bronze is a 1955 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Minoru Shibuya. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.

도심에 자리한 어느 큰 절, 이곳에는 어떤 사정으로 인해 절에서 오랫동안 자란 치즈루, 아야코 세츠코 세 자매가 있다. 서로 다른 개성을 가진 세 자매는 절의 일을 돕거나 자신의 미래를 준비하며 성실히 생활하고, 그러는 동안 절을 방문하는 사람들과 다양한 만남을 가진다. 오즈 야스지로 감독이 각본에 참여했다.

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.

A section chief at the Bureau of Construction is in a shady relationship with a construction company. Then a new, young and honest subordinate is assigned to work under the section chief. Once he learns about the shady relationship, however, the new subordinate skillfully conceals the corruption and joins the corrupt, shady relationship.

전쟁 직후의 일본 사회를 배경으로 여인의 수난을 그린 작품. 미조구치 겐지의 <밤의 여인들>에서 창부 역할을 훌륭히 소화해 낸 인기 여배우 다나카 기누요가 호연했다. 전작인 <셋방살이의 기록>이 도시 인정물의 연장선상의 희극적인 작품이었다면, <바람속의 암탉>은 패전 후의 생활고와 가혹한 현실을 다룬 작품으로 가족간의 갈등을 주로 다루었던 오즈의 작품 세계에서 전후 일본사회에서 겪는 여성의 수난을 다루었다는 점에서 특기할 만한 작품이다. 전후 일본의 동떨어진 비현실적인 묘사로 동시대의 비평가들로부터 비판의 대상이 되기도 했던 작품이지만, 오즈의 후기 영화미학으로 가는 과도기적인 작품이다. 전쟁은 끝났지만 전쟁에 나간 남편 슈이치는 돌아오지 않고 소식도 없다. 남편 없이 어렵게 가정을 꾸려가던 도키코는 아이의 병원비를 벌기 위해 몸을 판다. 그러던 중 슈이치가 집으로 돌아오고, 아내는 남편에게 매춘 사실을 고백하는데..

The film is set during the days of the scarcity of food after World War II, during which five men ate an elephant that died in a zoo. The elephant's corpse however, was infested with deadly bacteria and the men have only 30 hours left to live...

Japanese war movie.

A family story in the year of 1943 during the war. The director is Shunkai Mizuho, who worked on "Hibari no Circus Sad Kobato" starring Hibari Misora after the war. Previously, there is only a 6-minute short version in the National Film Archive, therefore, the full version is this movie is very valuable. This is considered a masterpiece that depicts a happy family of 7 (a father, a mother, 3 sons and 2 daughters).They care about each other, and also trust each other. Father started to ask all the children "what do you want to be in the future?" since an early age. Boys said they want to go to college, they want to be painters, and when it comes to the girls, although they wanted to be generals, their answer was "become a bride, a wife, and a good mother." Brothers and sisters get along well and occasionally fight, but they all discuss the cause, and would apologize to each other. The story was so gentle that it is hard to believe it was during the war.

A hostile Chinese nurse (Yamaguchi) who works in an orphanage is won over by the care and commitment of the Japanese doctor (Sano) who treats her wards. Disease outbreaks and family obligations, however, threaten to torpedo their budding romance.

Melodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut

Jie (Michiko Kuwano) attended a women's university with the financial support of her geisha sister Oha (Hiroko Kawasaki) and became a lawyer. The aim. Michiko (Kuniko Miyake), one of the seven best friends from the same women's college, is getting married. The man she's marrying is her sister's lover.

Naomi Tazawa (Hiroko Kawasaki), who works at Isetan Department Store, was told by an executive at a film company (Ken Uehara), that he was going to make a film about her. She was scouted to become an actress, but she held strong. Around that time, her adoptive father dies, and at the time of his death, she learns that her real father was a man of high rank.

Approaching their graduation ceremony, Saegusa, Sanae, and their classmates go on an overnight trip to Hakone with their teacher Ms. Kawahara, who will soon leave school. They thank her doing so and go on their respective paths, ending soon their student life.

A Japanese wartime film directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

A 1937 Japanese film.

Yuki is a young, single mother supporting herself and her son, Haru, with a job as a bar hostess.