Movies

Father of nine children cannot find a job. Despite their aspirations, the children are encouraged by both parents to hold down menial jobs and...

Based on an autobiographical story by Toyota Masako.

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

Japanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi.

Girls in the Orchard (1953) is about tension between the life of a family in a rural area with all the traditions (continuing family business, taking...

A story of unhappy youths and the perils of lack of sex education.

An Ishiro Honda film. The first part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the second film.

Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo.

Ultra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother") pressure, exemplified by her bored-to-tears sister.

In the 19th century Edo period, sisters Oshizu and Otaka have sacrificed their personal happiness to work and care for their ailing father. Otaka...