Masanori Kakei

女難コースを突破せよ

1962 Japanese movie

Toilet Manager

The life of a toilet-seller during the Japanese Economic Miracle.

Shusse kōsu ni shinro o tore

1961 Japanese movie

The First Kiss

Portmanteau film about young lovers.

Sound of the Mountain

An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.

The Skin of the South

When a group of young geologists declares a mountainside marked for residential development unstable, they are met with scorn on two fronts. On one end, they must contend with the local villagers who balk at the prospect of relocation; on the other, they face the ambitions of the headstrong lumber baron, whose actions will only further destabilize the land. Their pleas for reason ignored, the scientists can do little but observe as nature runs its inevitable course.

Both You and I

A comedy about two salarymen who routinely degrade themselves for their boss.

A Descendant of Urashima Taro

Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who becomes populist politician in the Japanese Happiness Party.