Kinuyo Tanaka, Keiko Kishi, Masayuki Mori, Yôko Mizuki, Kon Ichikawa, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Aya Kôda

Otôto is a movie starring Keiko Kishi, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, and Kinuyo Tanaka. Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this standard drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship...

Machiko Kyô, Yoshiko Kuga, Masayuki Mori, Mikio Naruse, Yôko Mizuki, Yûji Hori, Saisei Murô

Ani imôto is a movie starring Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, and Yoshiko Kuga. In Older Brother, Younger Sister, director Mikio Naruse's adaptation of an oft-filmed popular novel by Saisei Murô, the eldest daughter (Machiko Kyô) of a...

Yasunari Kawabata, Sô Yamamura, Mikio Naruse, Yôko Mizuki, Setsuko Hara, Ken Uehara, Yôko Sugi

Yama no oto is a movie starring Setsuko Hara, Sô Yamamura, and Ken Uehara. An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.

Michiyo Aratama, Masaki Kobayashi, Rentarô Mikuni, Yôko Mizuki, Misako Watanabe, Kenjirô Ishiyama, Lafcadio Hearn

Kaidan is a movie starring Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, and Misako Watanabe. A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes.

Hideko Takamine, Isao Yamagata, Mariko Okada, Masayuki Mori, Mikio Naruse, Fumiko Hayashi, Yôko Mizuki

Ukigumo is a movie starring Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, and Mariko Okada. A tragic social drama set in post war Japan and concerns a lonely woman trying to find purpose and stability in a devastated Tokyo.