Mitsuko Yoshikawa

함께 CF 촬영을 하던 배우 부부 이노우에 와비스케와 아마미야 치즈코에게 치즈코의 아버지가 갑작스럽게 심장마비로 세상을 떠났다는 소식이 전해진다. 본가가 아닌 그들 부부가 살고 있는 이즈에서 장례를 치르자고 고집하는 장모의 제안에 따라 장례식을 차례 차례 준비해나간다. 문상객들로부터 고인의 살아 생전 이야기를 듣기도 하고, 와비스케의 내연녀가 찾아와 소동을 일으키기도 하면서 우왕좌왕 생전 처음 겪는 장례식을 치뤄나가던 그들은 장례식 마지막날 장모가 왜 이곳을 장례 장소로 고집했는지 깨닫게 되는데...

Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wife. To avoid her fate, Lady Takafusa drowns herself along with her cat in a nearby marsh. A decade later, Naoshige’s efforts to steal another woman trigger a curse on him when she also commits suicide at the same marsh — forcing him to suffer the consequences of his past actions.

Film directed by Kenji Misumi.

A song drama based on the autobiographical song "The sun is laughing" by composer Endo Minoru. It tells the story of a young man who moves to Tokyo with a big dream of becoming a composer, and despite the unfamiliar city life, sticks to his original intentions with the gentle encouragement of his young wife, and takes the music world by storm.

Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi". Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. Along his travels he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murderous lifestyle. In trying to help the town, Zatoichi kills some gangsters and becomes a hero to the boy. He must make a choice of whether to use non-violence and set a good example, or violence and set the boy on the wrong path in life.

An eroticized adaptation of Murasaki Shikibu's classic novel, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, has gained renown among the nobility of Kyoto for his charm and good looks, yet he cannot stop himself from pursuing the one object of desire he must never obtain: his father's young and beautiful bride. Following the tragic consequences of his obsession, Genji wanders from one affair to another, always seeking some sort of completion to his life.

Three young yakuza, Fujitaro, Matsugoro and Kanjuro, travel the country fighting evil.

This is a story of a young heir to a powerful house, sent away to be raised by his nanny, so the young lord Genrokuro grew up bitter about his parents, hating his legacy and embracing everyone else from simple background. Only love can help him mature, hopefully in time to be a great lord for the people. A story of young Yoshimune, the future Shogun.

A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their decisions in life.

오카다 마리코가 직접 기획한 요시다 기주의 초기 대표작. 어느 온천여관을 배경으로 펼쳐지는 남녀의 사랑을 그리면서 물이 지닌 관능성을 빼어나게 보여주고 있다. 세상을 비관하여 자살하려던 청년과 그의 목숨을 구한 여관집 딸이 시간의 흐름을 두고 다시 만나는 순환적인 구조는 알랭 레네나 안토니오니의 영화를 떠올리게 한다. (2014년 한국시네마테크협의회 - 요시다 기주 + 오카다 마리코 특별전) 일본 남부의 한적한 온천의 만난 두 남녀의 17년 간에 걸친 사랑 이야기이다. 아름다운 풍경을 배경으로, 남녀간의 애정이 변하면서 이윽고 비극적 라스트를 향해 흘러가 끝내 죽음을 맞게 되는 과정을 훌륭한 영상미로 승화시켰다. 이 영화의 여주인공 오까다 마리꼬는 이 작품이 100회 출연 기념작일만큼 당시 인기 여배우였는데,신인감독인 요시다 요시시게를 지명하여 이 영화에 출연했다. 2년 뒤 두사람은 결혼했고,그녀는 남편이 된 요시다 감독의 작품에 다수 출연했다.

A carpenter, Shigetsugu, learns a lesson of love and humanity from five orphaned children and an affectionate woman named Oritsu. It's a winning combination of drama and humor. The warm friendship that grows between the carpenter, the woman and the children making this into a true masterpiece.

A story of Minako who struggles finding love and peace in life. When Minako’s hope for ultimate happiness, marriage to her beloved fiancé, comes to a sudden halt, Minako finds herself in search of new love which in turn leads her into a complicated love triangle.

Based on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto.

Yotsuya Kaidan, the story of Oiwa and Tamiya Iemon, is a tale of betrayal, murder and ghostly revenge. Arguably the most famous Japanese ghost story of all time, it has been adapted for film over 30 times, and continues to be an influence on Japanese horror today.

Hibari Misora plays Yoshiko, the popular daughter of a fish market owner. After discovering that she was adopted, she sets out to help her biological father who has fallen victim to an evil plot orchestrated by those who would take over his successful business.

1716, Yoshimune becomes the 8th Shogun as high Shogunate officials are attacked. While the government tries to keep these incidents under wraps, they must take any means possible to get to the bottom of this mystery and find out who is behind them.

From the opening theme song to the grand finale, you know that you have found something special as this exciting movie stars the great Misora Hibari in one of her most memorable performances as she plays Shintaro and Oharu, a brother and sister, the children of a lumber dealer who had been murdered by the evil boss Kumagoro who plots to take over Shintaro's family business with the help of a corrupt deputy who has fooled the family into believing that he is on their side.

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

Sheriff Goro goes undercover to investigate drug smugglers.

Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.

Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Their love life comes to a sudden halt after an argument between their two fathers. Can their love survive in spite of the bitterness between their two families?

An adventure of a feisty girl Oyuki and Santa, a homeless child she saves.

Follows the life of Tsuru, the poor daughter of farmers in Shinshu, Japan.

A young woman tries to keep her family together after her father disowns her sister.

Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been baptized under the name of Maria, comes to offer her services. However, Ant Village is not just an ordinary vagrants' community but a fine autonomous organization, and as the municipal authorities have long been demanding that the people of Ant Village leave the site, Satoko is utilized to publicize the Village and win public sympathy. While being utilized in this manner, Satoko is nevertheless glad to be able to help the people of Ant Village, especially the children, and when the summer vacation comes she decides to take the children on an excursion to Hakone. To raise funds for this purpose she becomes a rag-picker herself.

Sayuri, a young woman born to a simple life on a farm, moves to Tokyo to pursue a life long dream of becoming a singer. Through dance, music, and songs, this story shows how a girl raised on a farm was able to make her dream a reality, with the love of those around her.

A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private eye named Mitamura while both are investigating the missing person's case from a wealthy family.

Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of delinquents and yakuza.

A boy falls in love with a girl. Neither of them know that she's to be sold to a brothel.

Japanese war film.

Each one of us lives differently. So, there are many tragedies and comedies in our lives. She feels many conflicts in living her life between truth and love.

Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in postwar Japan.

Drama directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

A jewelry store president begins to fall for the doctor treating her husband's illness.

"Delinquent Girl" - A melodramatic love story, a would-be apprenticeship between the titular “bad girl” and the optimistic scholar returning from the big city.

부모가 정한 인담을 싫어, 오사카를 나와 도쿄에서 회사 근무를 하고 있는 카와키타구미의 오조지·코로쿠. 어느 때 그는 상경해 온 허수아·란코를 도망쳐 하숙처를 옮겨, 거기서 만난 테루코와 사랑에 빠진다. 하지만 카와키타조는 파산 위기에 있어서 란코와의 결혼은 놓칠 수 없는 것이 되었다.

A newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo at night by walking and observing it. He gets into the right frame of mind by dressing the part as a vagrant with not a penny to his name. He gets into trouble ending up at the police station slammer overnight. He has no material to write about and, with his assignment unfulfilled, faces a cross editor.

1947년 패전 후 오즈가 만든 첫 작품으로, 류 치슈와 이다 조코의 호연이 돋보이는 작품. 동시대 감독들이 전쟁 체제에 대한 비판이나 반성 등을 그린 작품을 양산해내던 당시에도 전쟁 전과 마찬가지로 오즈가 선택한 첫 제재는 ‘인정’이었다. 전후 일본 사회에 대한 귀중한 다큐멘터리와 같은 이 작품은 오즈 특유의 정적인 영상 속에 인간적이면서도 감동적인 삶의 메시지를 전해 주고 있다. 도쿄의 한 거리에서 잡화상을 운영하는 다네에게 길 잃은 아이 고헤이가 억지로 맡겨진다. 사람에 대한 정과 사랑에 무심했던 다네는 고헤이를 부랑아 취급하며 귀찮은 존재로 여기지만, 소년에 얽힌 여러 일들을 겪으면서 차츰 사랑을 깨달아 간다. 그러던 중 아이를 찾는 친부모가 그녀 앞에 나타나고, 다네는 아이를 보내야만 하는 처지에 놓이게 된다.

Lord for a Night is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

Hisshoka is a 1945 Drama film directed by four Japanese directors.

A wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their superstitious beliefs about their son's illness.

Japanese propaganda film about the Normanton Incident.

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.

Hiromasa Nomura World War II era film

Pretty Oshige is deceived by her first love. After this, she lives a hard lifestyle, working at a number of jobs. Her only pleasure is her nephew, who eventually becomes a merchant marine. When Oshige meets her old love ten years later, she is able to forgive him and even thank him for the path her life has taken.

Inoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to have worked mostly in period films, often with big stars like Hasegawa or Bando. "Sumidagawa", named after the river that runs through Tokyo, is also a period film, but thematically a modern one. All the themes that you associate with the normal Shochiku women's films set in the present day are in this film, just in a different context: love, the planning of a marriage, career, family relations and societal melancholy. There is no action or swordplay.

Most of the students studying Ikebana with Kozoe Iemoto are daughters of rich Tokyo families. Kozoe meets and grows close to a doctor who proposes marriage but whose mother harbours ill feeling towards her because of an incident in the mountains where a child got into difficulties. Kozoe rejects the proposal but falls ill and when she recovers, decides to devote herself entirely to the world of flower arranging.

한 가족의 몰락과 재건에 관한 이야기를 담고 있는 이 작품은 당시 흥행과 작품성에서 모두 성공한 초기작으로 장면간의 전환 또는 휴지부로 기능하는 여백 쇼트의 사용, 움직임이 없는 정적인 카메라 등 가장 오즈적이라고 특징지을 수 있는 후기 작품들의 양식과 내러티브 형태가 특징적으로 드러나는 작품이다. 경제계의 거물이었던 도다씨의 갑작스러운 죽음 이후 둘째 아들 쇼지로는 중국 천진으로 돈을 벌기 위해 떠나고 남은 도다 부인과 막내 딸 세츠코는 귀찮은 존재로 외면당한 채 형제들 집을 전전하다 결국 처분조차 힘든 바닷가의 낡은 집으로 옮겨간다. 도다씨의 기일을 지내기 위해 천진에서 돌아온 쇼지로는 어머니와 여동생에 대한 형제들의 태도에 대해 분통을 터트린다.

A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching methods.

Kinuyo is a daughter of rice cracker shop in downtown. She fell in love with her sister's boyfriend. It is a story whose theme is warm human relationships in a town of customs and manners.

Melodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut

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.

A follow-up to Children in the Wind, Four Seasons of Children(a.k.a. Kodomo no Shiki) is also based on a Tsubota Joji novel. The film is divided into two chapters, following the young protagonists' minor adventures and real-world awakenings over spring and summer, then autumn and winter.

This film was mainly shot in the Japanese skiing resort Hokkaido in 1937-38 and was intended to create support for the coming winter olympics of 1940 in Japan which however were cancelled because of the Japanese-Chinese war. A Japanese production, it was nevertheless made with German involvement in the form of skiing champion Sepp Rist and celebrated cinematographer Richard Angst (who also contributed to the script). Both had regularly worked with the inventor of the mountain film genre, Dr. Arnold Fanck, who had helmed the German-Japanese co-production "Die Tochter des Samurai", also shot by Angst, the year before. Angst apparently stayed in Japan until mid-1939 when he returned to Germany, carrying this film with him. Angst submitted it to the German censors later that year, but for reasons unknown to me it took three more years before the film was finally shown in Germany under the name "Das heilige Ziel" (The Holy Aim). (Karargara)

Two childhood friends go their own ways but meet again some years later after they have both married. They get re-acquainted, meet each others’ families, and all is well. Then the disagreements start...

A young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret: she's a widow with a son. Kozo and Katsue decide to run away to Kyoto, but her child suddenly became sick and she just missed the train and Kozo. She makes it to Kyoto finally, but is unable to meet him. Plus she isn't accepted into Kyoto society. She goes back to her hometown and tries to forget him. She quits the hospital to concentrate on her singing. She makes her professional debut with the hit "Aizen Katsura". Kozo is in the audience.

The movie follows a young woman (Kinuyo Tanaka), a daughter of a high-ranking businessman and his neglected mistress, as she struggles to ease her mother's loneliness, while also having an affair with her father's subordinate.

젠타와 산페 형제는 아버지의 도시락을 서로 가져다 드리겠다며 싸우는 등 늘 티격태격한다. 특히, 타고난 악동인 동생 산페는 타잔 소리를 내며 골목을 휘젓고 다니는 골목대장이다. 그러던 어느 날, 아버지가 공문서 위조 혐의로 체포되어 감옥에 가고 만다. 형제의 눈부신 여름날이 돌연 끝나버리고, 산페는 시골로 보내진다. 오로지 집에 돌아가고 싶다는 생각뿐인 산페는 시골에서도 매일 사고만 친다.

Sabu Toshinobu is an archaeologist who has taken a liking to Kinuyo Tanaka, the daughter of an archaeologist at an inn in Izu, where he is visiting to conduct an excavation. Sabun gets along well with his childhood friend Michiko Kuwano, but his mother (Fumiko Okamura) is against her, so he gives up easily and ends up being married to Kinuyo Tanaka.

Sabu Toshinobu is an archaeologist who has taken a liking to Kinuyo Tanaka, the daughter of an archaeologist at an inn in Izu, where he is visiting to conduct an excavation. Sabun gets along well with his childhood friend Michiko Kuwano, but his mother (Fumiko Okamura) is against her, so he gives up easily and ends up being married to Kinuyo Tanaka.

A penniless orphan loses the woman he loves, when her family arranges a marriage to a wealthy playboy. He believes she was blinded by greed, and becomes a miser.

A Japanese screwball comedy about the battle between the sexes: two timid men, egged on by their wives, end up in a bitter duel over an expensive lace handkerchief.

Kinuyo is a daughter of doctor of Chinese medicine, and Yasuo is a son of surgeon. Their families always fight like cat and dog. This relationship is ancestral. Although Kinuyo and Yasuo love each other, they have different thoughts toward treatments.

매일 매일 되풀이 되는 일상속에서 조카 '세츠코'가 방문한다. 대학교수인 숙부와 매사에 여성스러움과 부의 상징으로 골프치기를 강요하는 숙모사이에서 '세츠코'는 일상에 변화주기를 시도한다. 골프치러간다고 거짓말을 하고 사제의 집에 가서 골프가방을 맡기고 도쿄의 술집에 들른 숙부앞에 '세츠코'는 도쿄기생이 보고싶다고 기생집에 가자고 조르는데…

Three men fall in love with the same young girl who works in a tonkatsu restaurant in the Shitamachi district of Tokyo.

The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard. Told from the perspective of Ryota. In this second part, we learn that Akemi is pregnant...

The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard. This part is told from the perspective of Akemi.

<동경은 좋은 곳>이라는 무성영화를 개작한 오즈의 첫 발성영화. 오즈는 아들과 어머니라는 비유적 수단을 통해 일본의 산업화, 근대화로 인해 야기된 가족 문제를 심도 깊게 포착해내고 있다. 시골의 면직공장에서 일하며 근근이 생활을 연명하는 츠네는 사랑스러운 외아들 료스케의 진학을 위해 많은 희생을 감수한다. 세월이 흘러 료스케는 도쿄에서 대학을 졸업하지만, 불경기로 인해 야학 교사로 밖에는 활동하지 못한다. 아들의 출세를 굳게 믿고 있던 츠네는 아들을 만나기 위해 부푼 마음을 안고 도쿄로 상경하지만, 장성한 료스케의 삶은 어머니의 기대와는 사뭇 다른 상태다.

A musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of the era.

Otoku asks her brother Bunkichi to speak with her son Seiichi, a young man for whom sacrificed everything but who now seems to be headed for a wastrel life. Bunkichi admonishes the boy to study harder, but it seems his uncle's advice may already be too late.

Family drama. A middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old son to raise whom he resents as he was unwanted. (British Film Institute)

두 아이를 키우던 하루코는 홀로 아들 카니치를 키우던 카이치와 재혼한다. 그런데 얼마 후, 투자 사기 사건을 일으킨 카이치는 가족을 버리고 사라진다. 하루코는 아이들을 건사하기 위해 술집에 나가기 시작한다. 세월이 흘러 아이들이 장성한 후, 뜻밖에 하루코의 과거가 문제가 되는데, 딸 카요코는 남편에게서 버림 받고, 아들 히데오는 범죄자가 되고 만다. 기자가 된 카니치만이 유일하게 하루코의 곁을 지킨다. 시미즈의 마지막 무성영화로, 자연스러운 조명을 사용한 네오리얼리즘적 촬영기법을 통해 시각적 모더니티를 완성한 걸작이다. 급속한 시대의 변화 속에서 인물들이 겪는 내적 갈등을 통해 당대 일본의 어두운 사회상을 섬세하게 담아낸다.

In a back alley of the Shitamachi district of Tokyo, Kihachi bears witness to a series of romantic complications involving the inhabitants of the neighborhood. Considered to be a lost film.

The story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi, and his cousin, Nishimiura Kinue, when they leave their hometown for the metropolis of Tokyo. They are in love with each other, but Kinue is expected to marry the lawyer Kanda Seiji. In consequence, Shukichi leaves for Tokyo, where he becomes tutor to the son of the rick Iwaki family. The heartbroken Kinue also makes her way to the capital, where she becomes a bar hostess.

The film tells of the strained relationship between a mother and her two sons after the death of the family patriarch.

The story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his university's rugby team. The son of a wealthy soy sauce manufacturer, Fuji basks in the glory of his athletic celebrity. Attracting the attention of admiring young women, Fuji resists family pressure to settle down and marry after college. Instead, he spends much of his time drinking and womanizing, behavior which eventually leads the college officials to expel him from the team.

In the formally ravishing Every-Night Dreams, set in the dockside neighborhoods of Tokyo, a single mother works tirelessly as a Ginza bar hostess to ensure a better life for her young son—until her long-lost husband returns.

키쿠에는 자신을 희생해서 아들 요시오를 홀로 키우지만 요시오는 언제부터인가 게이샤인 어머니를 부끄러워하며 나쁜 무리들과 어울리기 시작한다. 그를 사랑하는 아름다운 게이샤 테루기쿠는 갱 멤버로부터 그를 구출한다. 그러나 부모의 가난으로 자신의 누이동생이 팔려 갈 운명에 처하자 돈을 벌기 위해 그의 곁을 떠난다.

A young man falls in love with a prostitute and is disowned by his family. He is then drafted, and heads off to war. Script exists - considered to be a lost film.

직장상사의 집 근처로 이사 온 요시이 겐지스케의 두 아들 료이치와 겐지는 텃세를 부리는 동네 아이들을 힘과 꾀로 물리치고 당당히 승자가 된다. 어느 날 친구들의 아버지이자 그들의 아버지의 직장 상사인 이와사키의 집에서 평소 존경해마지 않던 아버지가 직장 상사인 이와사키의 비위를 맞추기 위해 굽신거리는 모습의 활동 사진을 접하게 되는데...

Early Japanese sound film, a remake of Josef von Sternberg’s DOCKS OF NEW YORK set in Yokohama.

Film by Hiroshi Shimizu, featuring an early role for frequent Ozu and Naruse collaborator Hideko Takamine.

Two people are fascinated by a sculptor's statue. The film is lost.

검도 달인인 오카지마는 얼굴의 무성한 수염으로 모르는 사람이 없을 정도로 유명하지만 거칠어 보이는 인상 때문에 취직도 실패하고 여성에게도 인기가 없다. 어느날 불량배들에게 위협당하고 있던 소녀 히로코를 구출해준 오카지마는 히로코의 권유로 수염을 깎아 버린다. 그러자 용모가 수려한 청년으로 변신을 해 취직도 하고 세명의 여성으로부터 프로포즈도 받게된다.

A salaryman finds some money in the street and gets a reward for returning it to its rightful owner. However his colleagues immediately start borrowing money and selling him things he doesn't need, much to his wife's annoyance. Considered to be a lost film.

Silent comedic short by Mikio Naruse

Bored in his marriage, a dentist flirts with a young woman on a train. However he soon finds himself embroiled in a series of misunderstandings with his wife, the young woman and her husband. Considered to be a lost film.

The 1929 Japanese film "Mother" which helped child actress Hideko Takamine become a star.

When Sakamoto is made redundant he cannot bring himself to tell his wife. Instead he investigates other employment opportunities. Considered to be a lost film.

A young couple flee their disapproving parents, get lost of Mt. Akagi and find a cache of gold protected by the ghost of a gangster.

A hen-pecked man works as his artist wife's model and a house-husband. When her patron flirts with her and humiliates him, he decides to get revenge by trying his own hand as a painter. Considered to be a lost film.

When a woman unfairly suspects her husband of flirting with a shop assistant, she decides to flirt with their landlord to get revenge. Considered to be a lost film.