Cast: Kimiyo Ôtsuka

Direction Hiroshi Shimizu

Cast Mieko Takamine · Shinobu Aoki · Mitsuko Yoshikawa · Choko Iida

Synopsis Released in 1940, Nobuko stars renowned actress/singer Takamine Mieko as titular heroine Nobuko, a spirited young teacher working in a conservative school. Based on a novel by Shishi Bunroku, the film follows her experiences as she challenges the school with...

Direction Hiromasa Nomura

Cast Sanae Takasugi · Tokuji Kobayashi · Tomio Aoki · Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Synopsis Domestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband takes place in a family-run judo school.

Direction Yasushi Sasaki

Cast Kuniko Miyake · Mitsuko Mito · Chishu Ryu · Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Direction Hôtei Nomura

Cast Shozaburo Abe · Shinobu Aoki · Kiyoshi Aono · Ryuko Fuji

Direction Hiroshi Shimizu

Cast Daijirô Natsukawa · Hiroko Kawasaki · Shûji Sano · Kimiyo Ôtsuka

Synopsis An penniless orphan loses the woman he loves when her parents arrange a marriage to the son of a wealthy banking family. He believes she was blinded by greed and becomes a miser employee of a moneylender.

Direction Yasushi Sasaki

Cast Mieko Takamine · Tomio Aoki · Shin Tokudaiji · Kimiyo Ôtsuka

Direction Yoshitaro Nomura

Cast Shima Iwashita · Go Kato · Mayumi Ogawa · Yusuke Takita

Synopsis Hamajima is a quiet, hard-working man, whose life changes drastically when he reunites with a lovely childhood friend and her strange little boy.