Ineko Arima

Alumni of Ibaraki High School learn that one of their classmates is killed in an accident on the tenth anniversary of their graduation, necessitating an unexpected reunion and “on-campus funeral”. They spend a strange night together, during which the secrets of his life are revealed and they rededicate themselves to his memory, with a new outlook on life.

Recently appointed dean at a film school, Kimuro Hajime develops a special concern for one of his students, Daisuke. The brash, headstrong young man is fixated on with the Second World War. He feels a sense of frustration at the irrational sacrifice of young people's lives during the war six decades earlier. Daisuke finds that he can vent his frustrations to Kimuro, who experienced the war firsthand. Kimuro's wife, Emiko, is also troubled by memories of the war. She lost a loved one in the war and has never gotten over it. And Kimuro himself also has something from the past that he has yet to face. He believes that the burden of his unresolved past will eventually be the death of him. When Daisuke's neurosis causes him to quit school, life changes for all three of them.

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..

In this intricately layered Japanese film, the nature of actresses and what they gain from acting is explored. The lives of three actresses are laid bare, and scenes from their lives are woven in and out of interviews with each of them. Each of them has experienced a traumatic event which contributes to their particular enjoyment of becoming someone else in dramatic roles.

In turbulent 16th-century Japan, the leaders of a minor fief have their child taken from them as a political hostage. His mother and his clan endure years of tribulations until he can return.

One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his life savings and gives money to his younger brother. He then suddenly disappears…

After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their cruel lords.

혼란스러운 16세기 일본, 지방 영주들은 세력을 안정시키기 위해 천주교의 전파를 막으려고 한다. 다도로 유명한 귀족집안의 긴은 우콘을 사모하지만 그는 이미 결혼한 사람인데다 자신은 오로지 천주만을 모시겠다는 대답을 듣고 집안을 위해 모즈야와 결혼한다. 천주교에 대한 탄압이 점점 더 심해지면서 우콘 역시 귀향길에 오르게 되고 긴은 우연히 히데요시 도요토미의 눈에 들어 강제로 끌려가게 될 처지가 된다.

A father and son are both heavy drinkers. However, the son dies in an accident at a bar, leaving behind a fiance…. A unique social satire that focuses on why people drink alcohol.

A woman becomes dissatisfied with her marriage and joins a political theater troupe to protest the U.S. Security Pact.

A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother.

A provincial bus driver plans to marry his conductress, but one night he glimpses the woman he once loved, which throws him into turmoil.

One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to search for him, and along the way discovers some surprising facts about her husband's past. With only a pair of old photographs among his belongings to go off of, Teiko tries to figure out what has happened to him.

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.

Heinosuke Gosho movie

Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.

The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, discovering that she is about to be purchased by a client, steals money from his employer to redeem her. Hunted criminals, the two young lovers take flight to Yamato, but, as in Chikamatsu's other domestic tragedies of love and duty (known as sewamono), they must be pursued and their passion destroyed by death. Favourite Uchida themes, such as the indenturing of a prostitute (cf. YOSHIWARA; A BLOODY SPEAR AT MT. FUJI), and his characteristic emphasis on performance and theatrical artifice re-emerge here; but the daring device of having Chikamatsu appear as a character - not unlike having Shakespeare interpolated into a film adaptation of one of his plays - is just one of many surprises this remarkable film holds. “Extraordinary” (Donald Richie).

고교 시절, 남다른 우정을 과시하던 5명의 친구들. 졸업 후 취직이나 진학으로 각자의 길을 걷고 있었지만, 오랜만에 고향에 돌아온 한 친구를 맞이하여 함께 시간을 보낸다. 재회의 기쁨도 잠시, 자신들의 사이가 예전과 같지 않음을 깨닫게 된다. 5명의 동급생의 우정과 사랑, 그들의 청춘과 변화를 이른 봄의 아이즈 분지를 무대로 감동적으로 그린 영화.

세계 2차 대전 당시 대기업에서 종사하고 있는 카지는 군대에 집영되는 대신 광산에 가서 군대에 납품할 광물들을 생산하는 광산의 간부로 발탁된다. 군대 입대 때문에 하지 않으려고 했던 결혼을 하고 부인인 미치코와 함께 광산으로 간다. 양심으로 똘똘 뭉친 카지는 그곳에서 일본인에게 당하는 중국 노동자들의 생활개선과 동시에 포로로 잡혀온 중국 노동자들의 인간적인 생활을 찾아주기 위해 노력하지만 일본군과 광산의 다른 간부들과의 갈등으로 이어지고 결국 일본군에 눈 밖에 나서 군대에 입영되게 된다.

소작인의 딸 하루코는 대지주 나구라 가의 차남 히데오와 용서되지 않는 사랑에 빠져 동반자살을 기도한다. 하지만 하루코만 홀로 살아남고, 임신 중이던 그녀는 마을 사람들의 차가운 시선 속에 아들 스테오를 낳아 키운다. 19년 후, 장성한 스테오는 나구라 가 장남의 딸 사쿠라에게 연정을 품게 되나, 어머니의 처지를 생각해 마음을 드러내지 못한다.

A drama about relations between Japanese immigrants and the indigenous Ainu on Hokkaido, the most northerly island of Japan. From a novel by Taijun Takeda.

The humorous tale of Jimbei, a miller, and his wife Osen who live in complete happiness. But Osen's beauty attracts numerous would-be lovers among whom is the local governor, a timid creature, who is dominated by his high-born and beautiful wife, who dresses in a scarlet battle-tunic, a sign of his family's military merit around which he fabricates fantastic tales of his prowess in war. During the traditional festival when the villagers are released from observance of all social customs and restrictions, it is permissible for any man to attempt win the favors of the one he loves. However, the timid but romantic governor goes to the length of having the miller arrested to clear the way for his seduction of Osen. But Osen fights off his advances with an old hunting gun and dashes out of the mill. Jimbei, meanwhile, has escaped from jail and dashes home to finds the governor in his bed. Convinced that his wife has been violated, he decides to take an eye for an eye.

아버지 히라야마는 딸이 성품 좋고 가정적이고 능력 있는 남자를 만날 수 있도록 도움주기를 원한다. 하지만 말이 없고 자식과 살갑게 대하지 않는 히라야마의 성격상 딸은 그런 아버지의 의중을 파악하기 힘들다. 어느 날 딸 세츠코가 결혼할 상대가 있다고 하자 히라야마는 불같이 화를 낸다. 그리고 결혼식에 참석하지 않겠다고 선언한다.

1958 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially greeted by the effusive welcome of his family, spiteful whispers also reach his ear about an adulterous affair carried on, in his long absence, between his wife and a famous drummer. With Hikokuro’s honor imperiled by rumor, his family insists on a formal investigation into the veracity of the gossip. Through the combined testimony of many witnesses, a tale unwinds around the visits of a traveling musician hired to tutor the family heir, the spurned attentions of the man who started the rumor, and the ultimate truth behind the accusations. The conclusion of events prove as much an indictment of bushidō as it is of the reluctant parties involved. Adapted from a 1706 play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon and based on a true case.

Japanese romantic comedy film.

허름한 연립주택에 살고 있는 다양한 인간군상들의 모습을 특유의 날카로운 필치로 그려내고 있다.

The proprietress of a long-established sushi restaurant in Asakusa is a war widow who has raised three children. A film that lightheartedly depicts a generational battle between a mother who is anxious about the issue of an heir and her modern children.

몇해 전 아내 기쿠코가 두 딸을 남겨둔 채 애인과 가출한 뒤 스기야마는 남편과 별거 중인 큰 딸 다카코와 남자친구의 아이를 임신한 둘째 딸 아키코와 살고 있다. 두 딸은 죽은 줄로만 알았던 엄마와 재회하지만 다른 남자와 살기 위해 떠난 엄마를 용서할 수 없다.

A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.

구라하시 긴은 과거에 게이샤였지만 현재는 인근의 사람들에게 돈을 빌려주는 사채업자다. 그녀는 동경의 시타마치 지역의 안락한 집에서 귀먹어리 식모인 시즈코와 함께 살고 있다. 채무자들에게 악착같이 돈을 받아내는 것으로 악명 높은 그녀는 자주 불평과 비꼼을 당하기 일쑤다. 긴의 채무자들 중 한 명인 다마에는 그녀의 옛 게이샤 동료로 부유하고 나이 많은 여자와 어울리는 아들 기요시를 걱정한다. 이러한 '돈과 사랑 '이라는 주제는 긴의 옛사랑인 다베가 그녀를 찾아왔을 때 깊이를 더해간다. 긴은 다베가 찾아온 실제 목적을 알고는 씁쓸함을 맛본다. -서울시네마떼끄 나루세 미키오 회고전에서

An elderly woman devoted to her foster-daughter searches for a good husband for her.

Comedy about a 50-something movie director, his new bride, a classical dancer, and his adult son and daughter and their loves.

A human billboard and a shoeshine girl met a kid of five who got separated from her mother at a street of Ginza. They try to find a mother in a crowded town...

Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys serving him tea, despite the fact that her fellow workers think the women employees should not have to act in such a servile manner. When the women go on strike over the issue, Setsuko finds herself caught in the middle. When the heir to the company, Ryosuke Tanabe, proposes marriage to Setsuko, she is honored, but realizes that her real affection is for Hitachi.