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War and Youth
An auto repairman's daughter questions him about what happened to her aunt during the war, but the father remains reticent. Finally the man opens up, and the girl is able to piece together her aunt's tragic story.Year:
1991
Eternal Monument
A remake of the 1953 film of the same name.Year:
1982
Yuki
Up in Heaven, Yuki’s grandparents decide that, having turned thirteen years old, she must go down to Earth to a village that is torn by bandits and intervene to save its people. However if she does not succeed within one year she will become as insubstantial as the wind. Down in the village, Yuki is befriended by a group of orphans whose parents have all been killed by the bandits and who now subsist by begging. Yuki amazes them by taming the wild horse Blizzard. She is instrumental in getting the orphans and farmers to stand up to first the warring bandits and then Goemon, the greedy lord that owns the region. But Yuki must face her greatest challenge yet when the displeased Demon God that lives in the volcano emerges to destroy those who live beneath.Year:
1981
Brother and Sister
Year:
1976
The Possessed
Oshima, a rich girl married Shinzo, and her cousin girl Sawa has been jealous of Oshima deeply. Sawa cursed Oshima so Shinzo could not hold her and do anything at all. Shinzo hated Oshima, and he made love with Sawa.Year:
1976
Kobayashi Takiji
A tribute to proletarian author Takiji Kobayashi (1903-1933)Year:
1974
Special Boy Soldiers of the Navy
Japanese youngsters enduring hard training in Recruit Camp and then going to Iwo Jima in the last days of World War II.Year:
1972
My Voiceless Friends
A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.Year:
1972
A Woman Called En
Set at the end of the feudal period. A woman spends most of her early life in prison, incarcerated by political opponents of her father. When she is released at the age of 44, the power struggles of her clan continue to disturb her life and the man whom she loves.Year:
1971
River Without a Bridge Part 2
Second part to "River Without a Bridge" (1969)Year:
1970
River Without a Bridge Part 2
Second part to "River Without a Bridge" (1969)Year:
1970
River Without a Bridge
Year:
1969
The Time of Reckoning
"The Time of Reckoning" transforms a screwball-comedy plot into a sober study of a successful businessman with serious relationship problems involving three women: his wife of ten years who announces she is pregnant by another man; a mistress who wants to have a baby with him; and an ex-lover who claims he fathered her son.Year:
1968
When the Cookie Crumbles
Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai.Year:
1967
Revenge
An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, leading to an argument with his superior. The situation snowballs out of control, leading to a deadly duel and political fallout which threatens the entire clan. Declared mentally unstable by the corrupt authority, Shinpachi begins his descent into true insanity…Year:
1964
A Story from Echigo
A sake factory worker on holiday returns to his home town, where he rapes the wife of one of his co-workers in the forest. The other man returns home to find his wife changed and suspects that she has been unfaithful.Year:
1964
Bushido: The Cruel Code of the Samurai
After a salary-man's fiancée attempts suicide, he recounts his gruesome family history which saw generations of his ancestors suffer and sacrifice themselves for the sake of their cruel lords.Year:
1963
Nippon no obaachan
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.Year:
1962
The Harbor Lights
Year:
1961
White Cliffs
1960 Toei film.Year:
1960
Kiku and Isamu: Two Siblings Born in Japan
Kiku and her brother Isamu are social outcasts, children of a prostitute mother and black GI father, in postwar Japan.Year:
1959
Night Drum
Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially greeted by the effusive welcome of his family, spiteful whispers also reach his ear about an adulterous affair carried on, in his long absence, between his wife and a famous drummer. With Hikokuro’s honor imperiled by rumor, his family insists on a formal investigation into the veracity of the gossip. Through the combined testimony of many witnesses, a tale unwinds around the visits of a traveling musician hired to tutor the family heir, the spurned attentions of the man who started the rumor, and the ultimate truth behind the accusations. The conclusion of events prove as much an indictment of bushidō as it is of the reluctant parties involved. Adapted from a 1706 play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon and based on a true case.Year:
1958
The Story of Pure Love
Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately trying to be together despite tortuous circumstances. The film depicts their lives as thieves, menial laborers who can get little pay, society outcasts, and of course, lovers. Junai Monogatari depicts, mostly, their struggles within the Japanese reformatory system and Mitsuko's worsening sickness.Year:
1957
Rice
A touching story depicting the harsh lives of farmers in Kasumigaura. An attempt to start a fishery business to revive an ailing farming community creates friction amongst the proud residents.Year:
1957
Darkness at Noon
Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.Year:
1956
Yukiko
Year:
1955
Ai Sureba Koso
Year:
1955
Here Is a Spring
The story of a group of young people who organise their own travelling symphony orchestra to provide music for people living in remote villages shortly after the war.Year:
1955
An Inlet of Muddy Water
A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about the difficult situation a young woman finds herself in.Year:
1953
The Hiroshima Panels
Filmed soon after the end of the Allied occupation, this documentary is an extremely valuable record of the production and nationwide tour of “The Hiroshima Panels” at the time.Year:
1953
Tower of Lilies
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.Year:
1953
The Yamabiko School
A story of a passionate teacher and his great effort for the children in a poor village.Year:
1952
Still I Live On
About the struggles of day labourers to achieve dignity and a standard of living above the starvation level. Utilising the Zenshinza theatrical troupe.Year:
1951
Still I Live On
About the struggles of day labourers to achieve dignity and a standard of living above the starvation level. Utilising the Zenshinza theatrical troupe.Year:
1951
Till We Meet Again
Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.Year:
1950
A Woman's Face
1949 drama filmYear:
1949
The Blue Mountains: Part II
Continuation of The Blue Mountains: Part I. Released a week later.Year:
1949
The Blue Mountains: Part II
Continuation of The Blue Mountains: Part I. Released a week later.Year:
1949
The Blue Mountains: Part I
Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a student for being in a relationship with a young man from Tokyo.Year:
1949
The Blue Mountains: Part I
Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a student for being in a relationship with a young man from Tokyo.Year:
1949
Chikagai nijuyojikan
1947 Toho film directed by Tadashi ImaiYear:
1947
Life Is like a Somersault
After learning that he has accidentally killed a man in a fight, Unokichi must look after the man's pregnant widow.Year:
1946
An Enemy of the People
Tadashi Imai 1946 movieYear:
1946
To Love and Swear
After facing hard times, an orphan Korean boy gets adopted to Japanese society. He meets several Japanese people who are kind to him, and grows up wanting to repay his debt to Japan, by becoming a kamikaze pilot.Year:
1945
The Cruel Sea
It is 1921 and a town has a newspaper which prints urgent bulletins as required. The Washington-based CITES treaty, in which Japan participates, puts a limit on the number of warships any country can possess. As a result, Japan has to decommission a ship to its makers' disappointment. An institute of technology's laboratory designs a new ship. Due to less ships, sailors have to retire and are also disappointed. The laboratory's manager and an admiral are visiting a patient at a hospital and meet coincidentally. The former has a daughter who worries about her father's workload. She asks him to accompany her to a concert. Father has little time, but is convinced for her sake. He is inspired for a ship's design at the performance. The film is inspired by the life of Jo Hiraga.Year:
1944
Suicide Troops of the Watchtower
Stalwart soldiers of the Japanese Empire – Japanese and Korean alike – stand in defense of a military outpost threatened by "bandits."Year:
1943
Numazu Officer School
Japanese war movieYear:
1939
