Kazuo Kubo

Satsuo Yamamoto's filmic depiction of the famous 1949 Matsukawa Incident.

It's a story of the life of a man who advocated the necessity of sex education to children, which was unusual at the time, solely opposed to the amendment of the Peace Preservation Law, and was assassinated by a rightist prior to his opposition speech.

Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home.

A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.

A sensitive young woman aged 22 fell in love with a middle aged man who was troubled by his unfaithful wife.

In this Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign-Language Film, director Heinosuke Gosho -- a master chronicler of Japanese middle-class life -- presents the story of Kiyoshi Yoshida (Koji Shitara), who feels estranged from both parents after his father returns from war. How the boy adapts to life with the virtual stranger his father has become is the film's focus. Chikage Awashima, Yûnosuke Itô and Yoshiko Kuga also star.

Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.

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

A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situation for the girls becomes increasingly desperate as food and shelter run out and the number of injured climbs, leading to the film's tragic finale.

Depois de vencer uma sangrenta batalha naval contra o clã rival Heike, o triunfante senhor Yoshitsune Minamoto retorna a Kyoto para assumir o comando. No entanto, seu irmão ciumento e invejoso, Shogun Yoritomo, ordena que seus homens prendam Yoshitsune e todos os seus camaradas. Devido a uma circunstância de sorte, Yoshitsune e seis de seus leais guardas samurais são capazes de escapar. Para ficarem verdadeiramente seguros, eles precisam viajar pelo país e encontrar abrigo na casa de uma única amiga, Idehira Fukiwara. Este filme foi proibido no Japão por quase 8 anos. O lançamento original previsto foi em 1945. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)

Five women classmates from a college in Tokyo are on the first stretch of a walking tour when one of them, Masako, falls ill at a railway station. Osen, a middle-aged maid from a nearby inn, takes her in and nurses her, assisted by Dr. Minami, a young physician who diagnoses her illness as a mild case of pneumonia. With Masako in good hands and needing a few days to recuperate, her classmates continue their tour. Masako’s recovery, however, is hampered by her spoiled and immature nature and her determination to punish the world for the loss of her mother.

About the struggles of day labourers to achieve dignity and a standard of living above the starvation level. Utilising the Zenshinza theatrical troupe.

Woman melodrama by Shiro Toyoda

Yuzo and his fiancée Masako spend their Sunday afternoon together, trying to have a good time on just thirty-five yen. They manage to have many small adventures, especially because Masako's optimism and belief in dreams is able to lift Yuzo from his realistic despair.

In this government-suggested sequel, Sugata again grows as a judo master, and demonstrates his (and by extension, all Japanese) superiority to the foreign warrior.

1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel.

Jidaigeki from 1940

Drama about a couple and how they found themselves related with music, their egos and each other.

Unno, a masterless samurai, has been supported financially since his father's death by his wife, who makes small paper balloons. He hopes that Mouri, his father's former master, will hire him after being given a letter from Unno's father. Unno's neighbor, Shinza, a hairdresser by trade, is under constant threat by gang members after running gambling dens on their territory.

1936 P.C.L. adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Kimiko, a Tokyo white-collar working girl, lives with her serious, intellectual, haiku-writing mother. Kimiko seeks to marry her boyfriend but needs her absent father to act as the go-between and negotiate the marriage. Kimiko travels and finds her father living with a second family.

Among the tight-knit neighbours are a poet, his actress wife, a bachelor budding author, a tobacco shop owner-cum-landlady, an insurance salesman and his nosy and greedy wife. Enter a young and seemingly high-class couple who just so happens is open to purchasing life insurance from their swift neighbour. In the meantime, life is imitating art across the street, which may end up providing for either a happy ending or a rude split - eventually that is.

Three sisters earn money for their bossy mother by being samisen street musicians. This means mainly playing a banjo type instrument for tips in bars...

Three sisters earn money for their bossy mother by being samisen street musicians. This means mainly playing a banjo type instrument for tips in bars...