1909-03-11 (116 years old)
Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa...
An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slight...
Japanese war-era film...
The critical establishment was clearly not prepared to accept a woman's prison film featuring former...
A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a k...
The only son of a sushi chef hates sushi and decides to leave home to search for a job and make his ...
This Japanese action-adventure is set in the 17th century when all forms of swordplay were banned. O...
1962 Japanese movie...
The Blue Pearl depicts the interplay between a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers; liter...
A widowed high-school teacher tries to raise his four children alone....
Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the isla...
Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehis...
A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...
With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ d...
Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success, mean...
Okoma, a witty young woman working as a conductor in an old, rickety bus in Kōfu, Yamanashi (rural J...
This film depicts a troupe of wandering kabuki players traveling through rural Japan....
Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl....
Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan....
Following Flower Picking Diary (1939), Tamizo directed another film starring Hideko Takamine, based ...
