Movies

Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl.

The Blue Pearl depicts the interplay between a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers; literally “women of the sea”) in a...

Salaryman comedy.

Keiko Yukawa is a former prostitute and the newest inmate at White Lily, a female rehabilitation facility.

Following Flower Picking Diary (1939), Tamizo directed another film starring Hideko Takamine, based on a story by Nobuko Yoshiya. Takamine plays a...

A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of...

Period comedy about an undertaker's assistant in love with the daughter of a wealthy doctor. When her father refuses to allow the young lovers to...

Ine Onoda, the eldest daughter of a poor family of farmers, raises a colt from birth and comes to love the horse dearly. When the horse is grown, the...

Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.

Three young employees navigate love, ambition, and meddling bosses as workplace crushes evolve into defiant relationships that challenge social...

An Ishiro Honda film.

This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. One fighter, an excellent swordsman believes the...

A family comprised of a father, mother and three sisters lives in a posh area. The father is a doctor who has to join the army and work at war. The...

In this semi-documentary, an older locomotive driver is tasked with training younger ones and is currently training two in particular. The old man is...

A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.

An Ishiro Honda film.