Movies

Ultra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother") pressure, exemplified by her bored-to-tears sister.

1956 Drama by Toshio Sugie

A story of first love between a misogynistic astronomer and a dancer he met on the street.

Wataru Naohiko who has the prosecutor general as his father became a young composer and its symphony "saint" invoked the world echoed. But his...

A modern love story involving different affairs.

A woman has to give up her dream of becoming an actress when her family goes into debt, but she catches the eye of a businessman while working at a...

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

Akiko Hojo, a nurse at Aisei Catholic Hospital, is spending another public holiday at Kotaro Hidaka's house. Hidaka, who is a poor musician suffers...

Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely...

Young Guy (Kayama) competes in an electric guitar competition and plays American-style football.

Sankichi Matsutani, a poor young fisherman, falls in love with Kikue, the only daughter of fisher Shiimbei. As the star-crossed lovers come from...

Four fishermen friends are caught up in a piracy plot.

A Japanese film

In postwar Japan a young woman is unable to marry her sweetheart because her family's in difficult circumstances and needs her income to keep afloat.

Ken Uehara plays the role of a prominent figure in the red-light district and portrays his violent personality.

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