Toshirō Ide

After a passenger ship sinks in 1954, Go Akutsu devises a life-saving project in the form of a tunnel under the Tsugaru Strait. While working on this project Akutsu becomes involved with Tae Makimura leading to his estrangement from his wife.

Remake of 1949 film

A story about being scared of getting old.

The world of adults seen by a high school girl in the valley between school and home after school, and the sparkling poison that only a daughter of this age has, gradually spreads ripples in the world of adults.

Mickey, a smart student from England, is on his trip to Japan for vacation. He meets with a Chinese girl Lin Fang on the way. They each have the same model of camera. But they have their cameras exchanged without their knowing it prior to their departure.

A high-schooler involved in turn-of-the-decade student movements works to escape his comfort zone and apply himself.

Japanese romance film.

Temari, a geisha, dreams of opening a small restaurant with her little brother.

"The Time of Reckoning" transforms a screwball-comedy plot into a sober study of a successful businessman with serious relationship problems involving three women: his wife of ten years who announces she is pregnant by another man; a mistress who wants to have a baby with him; and an ex-lover who claims he fathered her son.

Comedy-drama about university tennis players.

친구인 스기모토와 다시로는 스기모토의 아내 사유리가 갑작스럽게 사고를 당했다는 소식을 듣는다. 스기모토는 처음엔 교통사고 정도로 생각했지만 더 심각한 범죄가 벌어졌다는 걸 곧 알게 되고, 아내가 지금까지 어떤 비밀을 숨기고 있었다는 것도 알게 된다. 한편 다시로 역시 이 사건과 어떤 연관이 있음이 드러난다. 에드워드 아티야의 범죄 소설 『가는 선』(1951)을 원작으로 한 작품

A father gives his four daughters his substantial retirement allowance on the stipulation that they leave him alone, as he wants some freedom. Each of the daughters has a romantic interest and it's noticeable that the father, too, has someone in mind.

The executive director of the «Chuo Shoji» company, Hidaka Shiro, is called a "demon of work", but the hostess of the bar calls him "the loneliest person in Japan." He lost his wife ten years ago and has been living as a widower ever since. He plotted to marry off his 22-year-old daughter Keiko for political gain, but Keiko is in love with Okuda, who is her father's subordinate. A story full of sadness and joy, depicting a man gripped by different thoughts, as an employee of the company and a father.

A group of friends try to find success in corporate Japan.

양주 메이커 홍보부에 근무하는 평범한 36살 남자 에부리만의 생활을 통해 전중전후를 힘겹게 살아온 샐러리맨의 비애와 굴절된 심정을 그려낸 걸작. 원작은 야마구치 히토미의 나오키상 수상작으로 대담한 편집과 애니메이션 삽입등 참신한 수법이 넘쳐나는 오카모토 기하치의 대표작 중 하나. (2011년 한국영상자료원 - 오카모토 기하치 감독전)

Shinko Terasawa was always considered to be the odd ball of the bunch. At a time when romance was against school regulations, Shinko was the first to take a bite out of the forbidden fruit. Expelled from her former school, she finds herself in an all-girls school in Jokamachi, where rumors fly. One day, Shinko delivers an anonymous love letter addressed to her English teacher, Ms. Shimazaki. Convinced that the students are playing a prank, Ms. Shimazaki is adamant about getting to the bottom of this "problem”.

A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.

일자리를 찾던 가난한 후미코는 카페 `기린`에서 일하게 된다. 후미코는 자신이 쓴 시를 손님들에게 보여주기도 하는데, 그러던 중 한 남자가 그녀의 시를 칭찬하며 동인지의 일원이 되기를 권한다. 후미코는 그와 함께 카페를 떠나지만, 그녀의 생활은 순탄치 않다. 어느 날, 그녀의 작품 〈방랑기〉가 잡지에 실리고 후미코에게 새로운 인생이 열린다.

Japanese drama.

Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.

Based on the comic by Fuyahiko Okabe.

Gen is a lonely orphan boy. His sole sense of companionship comes from an imaginary friend, the god Prince Fudo-Myo. Prince Fudo-Myo comes to the boy's rescue in times of difficulty.

Based on the comic by Fuyuhiko Okabe.

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just as a woman but as a complete person.

Romantic melodrama set in contemporary Hong Kong, Japan and Laos. Hiroshi Tanaka (Takarada) is a Japanese journalist on assignment in Hong Kong who meets and falls in love with Wu Li Hung (Ming). He proposes to Wu Li but she rejects him because of her distaste for mixed marriages (her mother was Japanese but deserted her family and returned to Japan during WWII). Tanaka locates Wu Li’s mother and unsuccessfully tries to reunite them, but eventually Wu Li accepts his proposal. A joyous Tanaka flies off to Laos to finish an assignment but on the eve of his wedding he is killed there.

In "The Other Woman" the children of a distinguished professor find that the woman they have come to regard as their racy and slightly disreputable Ginza aunt is really their mother.

A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in his years in Siberian labor camps and considers himself "already dead."

딸이자 아내이자 엄마로 살아가야 하는 여성의 삶을 그린 영화. 장남 유이치로는 어머니와 동생들, 그리고 자식들을 보살펴야 한다는 책임감에 어깨가 무겁다. 그리고 이 책임은 유이치로의 아내인 가즈코에게 더욱 무겁게 다가온다.

Story of young love in the hills.

A modern love story involving different affairs.

May Kawaguchi is a famous Japanese fashion designer. Returning to Tokyo from her home in New York, she travels incognito with a tour group, in hopes of having a quiet vacation without being noticed. But she is spotted and the press has a field-day with the returning celebrity. Her hopes of rest shattered, she agrees to put on a large-scale fashion show.

Aiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and whose family disapproves of his relationship with the bar hostess.

이치코는 변호사인 남편 사야마와 긴 시간을 함께 살아왔다. 그런데 자녀가 없던 두 사람은 사야마가 변호했던 죄수의 딸 다에코를 데려와 돌봐주기로 하고, 여기에 이치코의 친구의 딸 사카에가 무작정 가출해 이치코의 집으로 온다. 서로 다른 성격을 가진 사람들이 한자리에 모이자 집안에는 묘한 긴장이 발생하고, 급기야 사카에가 남편을 유혹하자 이치코는 전에 느껴본 적 없는 감정에 휩싸인다. 가와바타 야스나리의 소설을 원작으로 한 작품.

The actor Koheiji is terribly in love with the wife of his best friend, the playwright Takuro; to get her, he would even kill Takuro.

On Wings of Love is a 1957 Japanese romantic musical film directed by Toshio Sugie. It was Toho's highest-grossing film of the year and the first film released in Tohoscope.

Melodrama about a young factory girl who "chooses riches over chastity".

츠타가 운영하는 야나기바시의 기생집. 어느 날, 남편과 아들을 잃은 리카가 직업소개소를 통해 일자리를 구하러 찾아온다. 츠타는 리카가 이름을 바꾸면 일을 할 수 있게 해주겠다고 하고, 리카는 이름을 ‘오하루’로 바꾼 후 식모살이를 시작한다. 힘들어도 온갖 허드렛일을 열심히 하던 오하루는 시장을 보러 갔다가 츠타의 기생집이 빚더미에 눌려 있음을 알게 된다. 쇠락한 기생집에서 생활하는 게이샤들의 애환을 당대 최고의 여배우들이 멋지게 연기해낸 작품이다. (2011년 시네마테크부산 - 나루세 미키오 특별전)

전후 부흥이 한창 진행되고 있던 1950년대의 일본. 당시의 도쿄에 점재한 홍등가의 하나 ‘스자키’로 이어지는 다리의 기슭에 낡은 선술집이 있다. 매춘방지법시행 이후 머지않아 사라질 풍경 스자키의 유곽과 선술집을 배경으로 그곳에 출입하는 사람들의 일상과 남녀의 관계를 메마른 정서와 유머로 그려내고 있다.

Kiyoko (Takamine Hideko) and her husband want to open a coffee shop. She becomes increasingly close to the bank clerk (Mifune Toshiro) she's asked for a loan.

From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.

Housewives from four neighboring households casually gather at an old well at Kaneko's house in a residential area on the outskirts of Tokyo. If two people come together, they will talk about selling kimonos, if three people come together, they will discuss food shopping, and when four people come together, there will be laughter. Focusing on four housewives who gather at the edge of the well, it depicts the daily life of each household.

Shizuka, Eiichiro, and Mineko, their father and son, live modestly in a certain suburb, leading a dreary but happy life. Eiichiro is troubled by Shizuka's desire to live together in familiar Tokyo. Mineko is the exact opposite of Eiichiro. A literary masterpiece depicting the fateful sorrow and humor of a mother and child

Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the officers of this local police station, it‘s part of their daily routine. One day, patrolman Yoshii (Hisaya Morishige) finds an abandoned baby and a six year old girl standing in front of the station. When he's declined by the welfare office, orphanage and local health clinic to take them in, he decides to take care of them himself.

After Shuichiro moved to Tokyo, the Tanno family became completely female, including Mrs. Tanno, Shuichiro's daughter-in-law Manzuko, painter Takashiro Egi, Shizu Kazemaki, Mitsue Nanbu, an intellectual who works in a university laboratory, and an old woman.

Students in a small rural school love their poor but unconventional teacher Mr Matsukuma although he is misunderstood by most of the villagers and is forced to leave. After his departure there is great depression but there is a chance to rekindle the lantern of the title and the values Matsukuma represented ...

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.

세 개의 각자 다른 이야기로 이루어진 영화. 외아들을 남겨둔 채 친정으로 돌아온 한 어머니의 이야기, 인정머리 없는 주인의 밑에서 하녀로 일하며 친척에게 돈을 빌리려 하는 미네의 이야기, 화류계를 떠나기로 마음먹은 기생 오리키와 그를 잊지 못하는 한 남자의 이야기가 차례로 펼쳐진다. 시네마준보가 그해 일본영화 1위로 뽑은 작품. (2013년 상반기 서울아트시네마 일본영화걸작 정기 무료상영회) 여류소설가 히구치 이치요의 단편소설 , , 등 3편을 원작으로 한다.

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

A story of unhappy youths and the perils of lack of sex education.

Michiko Asakura was married to the eldest son of the Sakuma family, an unsealed family in Shinshu, but died from her husband and returned to her parents' house in Tokyo with her five-year-old daughter Yoshiko.

결혼한 지 십 년이 지난 미호코와 나카가와 부부는 서로에게 무뚝뚝한 사이다. 그런데 최근 나카가와는 밝고 쾌활한 성격을 가진 비서 후사코와 많은 시간을 보낸다. 그런데 후사코가 고향에서 나카가와에게 보낸 엽서를 미호코가 먼저 발견하고 남편을 의심하기 시작하면서 일이 커진다. , 에 이은 ‘아내 이야기 3부작’ 중 마지막 작품.

A married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband's co-worker, a widower. The husband becomes jealous of the widower and his wife.

Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys, a maker of costume jewelry, and a streetcorner artist all struggle to make their livings and to find happiness in difficult surroundings.

1950s Japanese comedy.

Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed photographs that her cousin had sent. When another actress falls ill she is given the role instead. Her first film is a success propelling the young actress to popularity, her own fans, money and a house. While everything looks dandy from the outside not all is well within the family however.

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

결혼한 지 5년이 되어가는 미치요와 하쓰노스케는 점차 서로에게 권태를 느끼기 시작한다. 하쓰노스케는 작은 회사에서 증권 중개인으로, 미치요는 집안일을 하며 일상을 보낸다. 그러나 그들의 틀에 박힌 생활도 하쓰노스케의 조카인 사토코의 갑작스러운 방문으로 균열이 일어나는데...

In a small town, according to the homecoming of Professor Ishinaka, the youth culture group was overwhelmed to make a presentation for the summer festival, but because of lack of funds, she works part-time at the spectacle of a tour, a haunted house Especially. The ghost was a struggle amongst the people, it was a great success in filling the crowd, but in the circus hut next to it, Kenji who was supposed to have disappeared was pitiful.

Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.

Continuation of The Blue Mountains: Part I. Released a week later.

동북 지방에 있는 어느 작은 도시의 점포에서 일하는 고등학생인 금곡육조(金谷六助)와 계란을 파는 여학생인 신자(新子)는 친한 친구가 된다. 또한 신자 앞으로 보내진 육조의 러브레터는 학생들 간에 물의를 일으킨다. 여선생 시마자키 유키코는 연애 문제에 있어서 의외로 낡은 사고 방식을 가지고 있는 학생들에게 두 학생간의 일을 알기 쉽게 설명한다. 그러나 그것은 오히려 다른 학생들의 반감을 살 뿐이었고, 교직원 간에서도 문제가 되어 일은 점차 커지게 된다. 그러나 본인인 신자와 육조는 아랑곳하지 않고 교제를 계속해 나간다. 하지만 둘의 일은 드디어 신문지상에까지 거론되어져 세간의 큰 화제가 되기에 이르는데...

During his summer holiday, Kawasaki Ryuichi (Ryuzaki Ichiro), a handsome engineer in his late twenties, visits his teacher and mentor, Professor Inagaki (Sugai Ichiro), at his seaside home. There he meets the professor's lovely young wife, Sachiko (Hamada Yuriko), and is unsettled by the striking resemblance she bears to his wife, who died three years earlier. Attracted to Sachiko, he does his best to hide his feelings. The couple, however, senses a deep-seated melancholy in him. Attributing it to the loss of his wife, they urge him to marry their niece, Kaoru, but he is not interested. Shortly after, Fumiko , Sachiko's older sister, realizes that Sachiko and Kawasaki have feelings for each other, but she keeps her counsel. One day Kawasaki, Sachiko, and Kaoru go boating when a storm forces them to stay overnight at a hotel. Unable to sleep, Kawasaki takes a walk along the beach where he finds Sachiko, also unable to sleep. He declares his love for her.