Yôko Yaguchi

The stories of several young women who work in a 'precision optical instruments' factory during the second World War. Despite illness, injury, and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Takashi Shimura

This film focuses on Koreans living in Japan. The filmmaker’s humanism comes across in the portrayal of a girl living in a shabby tenement, the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ranko Akagi

Twenty-year-old Yoshiko (Setsuko Hara) and her younger sister Asako (Yōko Yaguchi) struggle to accept changes in their home during the preparations...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Setsuko Hara

A "slice-of life" film about a group of high school girls in 1940s Japan.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Sayuri Tanima

What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Hideko Takamine

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kazuo Hasegawa

Drama about a young nurse who falls in love with a disabled soldier, and based a true story.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shingo Endô

A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Kenichi Enomoto

It was supposed to be about a love story, but it was and was not. An aircraft mechanic working for the government is matched by his boss with the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Setsuko Hara