Cast: Musei Tokugawa

Direction Mikio Naruse

Cast Musei Tokugawa · Noriko Honma · Akira Ubukata · Kaoru Itô

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

Direction Kôzaburô Yoshimura

Cast Michiyo Kogure · Machiko Kyô · Musei Tokugawa · Akira Ôizumi

Direction Mikio Naruse

Cast Roppa Furukawa · Kenichi Enomoto · Entatsu Yokoyama · Achako Hanabishi

Direction Kajirô Yamamoto

Cast Sachiko Chiba · Kamatari Fujiwara · Yuriko Hanabusa · Hyô Kitazawa

Plot Based on a 1905 novel by Natsume Soseki.

Direction Masahiro Makino

Cast Kazuo Hasegawa · Choko Iida · Takeshi Sakamoto · Sadako Sawamura

Direction Yasuki Chiba

Cast Toshirô Mifune · Ichirô Arishima · Keiko Awaji · Bokuzen Hidari

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Ichiro Fujiyama · Musei Tokugawa · Noboru Kiritachi · Yuriko Hanabusa

Direction Kajirô Yamamoto

Cast Hideko Takamine · Musei Tokugawa · Nijiko Kiyokawa · Shiro Mizutani

Plot A girl living in a poor neighborhood somewhere in Tokyo, Japan. Its prospects are, like those of the rest of the family, not very rosy. Her teacher noted, however, her...

Direction Yasuki Chiba

Cast Keiju Kobayashi · Daisuke Kato · Nobuko Otowa · Mitsuko Kusabue

Plot Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, presumably as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their wives for a little while....

Direction Hiroshi Shimizu

Cast Kyôko Akemi · Satoko Date · Roppa Furukawa · Kikuko Hanaoka

Plot A mother looks to free herself form the burden of her three children.

Direction Kiyoshi Saeki

Cast Kenichi Enomoto · Yukiko Todoroki · Akira Kishii · Musei Tokugawa

Plot The story follows Tasuke Isshin, a fishmonger living in 17th century Japan.

Direction Masahiro Makino

Cast Kazuo Hasegawa · Musei Tokugawa · Hideko Takamine · Yônosuke Toba

Plot In a run-down tenement in Edo’s Ryôgoku district, the much-disliked landlord Kanbei is found murdered one night. Suspicion first falls on Bunkichi, who always verbalized his resentment against Kanbei, and...

Direction Kajirô Yamamoto

Cast Hiroshi Uruki · Hatsuko Natsume · Kamatari Fujiwara · Chieko Takehisa

Plot Story is based on the popular novel of the same name. It follows the title character as he grows from a reckless and rambunctious youth into a respected teacher.

Direction Tai Kato

Cast Yataro Kurokawa · Musei Tokugawa · Yûji Kawakita · Haruyo Ichikawa

Direction Yasuki Chiba

Cast Yôko Yaguchi · Kyôko Kusajima · Masao Mishima · Eitarô Ozawa