Chôchô Miyako

O filme mostra o dia a dia da família Yamada, que é composta por Takashi (o pai, um trabalhador comum), Matsuko (a mãe, dona de casa), Shige (a sogra), Noboru (o filho adolescente), Nonoko (a filha criança) e Pochi (o cachorro da família). A história é dividida em quadros curtos, cada um focando algum ponto interessante do cotidiano da família, mais ou menos como se vê nas tirinhas de jornal. Trata de problemas que vemos em nossos próprios lares, como a exigência dos pais para que o filho adolescente estude mais, a mãe que não quer ser tratada como uma empregada, o pai que chega cansado demais do trabalho e tem de acordar cedo para uma reunião de negócios, o adolescente passando por crises existenciais, os pensamentos inocentes da criança... Essas coisas que conhecemos muito bem...

Young Wakana is the daughter of a husband and wife comedy act, who have worked together for 20 years without any big success. Wakana’s parents quarrel constantly, and her mother often threatens to leave. When one day her father disappears, Wakana sets out to find him.

A story of a shopkeeper and his ex-wife, lives full of tragedy.

A trio of high school boys get summer jobs at a seaside resort. Soon, however, they learn that the woman who runs it is in financial trouble. The three decide to help her.

Com base em registros políciais e no premiado livro escrito por Ryuzo Saki, este filme relata a terrível onda de crimes de Iwao Enokizu, um homem vazio sem "kokoro", que significa em japonês, tanto "eu" como "coração". O funcionário insatisfeito, Enokizu mata várias pessos, sem qualquer razão e consegue escapar da polícia, mesmo com seu rosto celebrizado em todo país. Mas, seu pai e sua esposa, que sabem do seu segredo, tentam viver tranquilos. Depois de realizar vários documentários, insatisfeito com as limitações da forma narrativa, Shohei Imamura criou este filme. Aparentemente, um drama policial simples, Minha Vingança incorpora vários toques surrealistas, incluindo um final em que a "lei da gravidade" é esquecida.

Japanese youth film.

Chotaro and Nakanishi, a duo of unemployed advertisers, drifted to Isehama, a port town near Yokohama, but a gang was making its presence felt in the town and the shopkeepers in the shopping arcade were troubled by it. Chotaro poses as a journalist and uses his words of wisdom to suggest that pen is mightier than the sword, so they create a mini-comic magazine and launch a campaign to expel the gang.

After a quarrel with his mother, Torajiro sets off to find a bride.

A five year old boy leaves his mother and grandparents to see his father who has gone to work in Osaka.

Comedy around a motorman and a conductor of a streetcar.

Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him.

A drama from director Masaharu Segawa.

A drama by director Masaharu Segawa.

Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode even though the debt is paid. Zatoichi realizes his grievous error and protects the girl from the gang. Osode and Zatoichi are caught in a dilemma as she must rely on her brother's killer for protection and Zatoichi wrestles with the injustice he has caused.

Based on a story by Akiyuki Nosaka.

A young thug wanna-be yakuza falls in love with a country girl.

Pinku from 1968.

A comedy about Hikoichi, a mediocre train conductor who falls in love with a beautiful widow Sayuri.

Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady, Haru, and her family. From time to time, Haru shares her bed with Subu, though she believes her dead husband, reincarnated as a carp, disapproves. Director Shohei Imamura has always delighted in the kinky exploits of lowlifes, and in this 1966 classic, he finds subversive humor in the bizarre dynamics of Haru, her Oedipal son, and her daughter, the true object of her pornographer-boyfriend’s obsession. Imamura’s comic treatment of such taboos as voyeurism and incest sparked controversy when the film was released, but The Pornographers has outlasted its critics, and now seems frankly ahead of its time.

Abare inu is a 1965 action-comedy film directed by Kazuo Mori. It is the fourth film in the series.

A good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances.

After losing all his money, Kizuka Keita, a seller on the black market, is trying to commit suicide. But he is saved by Morigen, a broker on the azuki beans market. A young man tries to regain his wealth in the bean market.

A young girl knows that she is going to die and in this she is supported by the devotion of the boy who loves her. They originally met at the hospital. There it transpired that the only way to save her life was to sacrifice an eye and part of her face. The operation seems a success. Later, however, her other eye becomes affected. She feels she must let the boy go, and yet she depends so much upon his devotion.

The feud between two rival delivery companies, Kibamasa and Okiyama, heats up as the head of Kibamasa falls ill.

A young man who followed his father's wishes and became a travel actor causes a big commotion with his fellow members of the Gurentai group during their travel destination! Innocent to cute girls and reckless to bad guys! Exciting entertainment!

The warlords overrun the country while the farmers are starving, and forced to become soldiers to keep the wolf from the door. The farmers are recruited in groups of fifteen. In Yaju's village, there are only twelve men, so they press Oto, who looks more like a boy than a girl, to join, disguised as a man.

An entertaining historical drama featuring popular comedians from the Kansai region of the time, such as Makoto Fujita, Minoru Shiraki, and Gannosuke Ashiya. Raizo Ichikawa as the famous yakuza boss Jirocho.

Futari dake no toride

A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover there are other, equally conniving players involved.

A country boss gives up his way of life because of his daughter's marriage.

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just escaped a retirement home and the other was looking for an escape from her son and daughter-in-law. With nowhere to go, the two wander around, befriending a cosmetics salesman and a kind waitress who give them beer. This biting social satire starring two memorable grandmothers, scripted by Yôko Mizuki, picked up on Japan’s aging population problem far ahead of its time.

Japanese fantasy film.

Após se formar no colégio, Yuko Ono está pronta para deixar o interior rumo a Tóquio. Na sua primeira viagem à capital japonesa, ela finalmente conhecerá seus pais, de quem estivera separada desde a infância. Antes da partida, recebe a notícia de que sua avó está à beira da morte e que tem uma revelação a fazer a ela. Yuko fica sabendo que sua verdadeira mãe nunca fora casada com seu pai, e que seu nascimento fora um evento indesejado para a família Ono.