Cast: Akiko Tamura

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Masayuki Mori · Michiyo Aratama · Tatsuya Mihashi · Shoji Yasui

Direction Shirô Toyoda

Cast Shuntarô Emi · Yuji Hori · Setsuko Horikoshi · Choko Iida

Direction Keisuke Kinoshita

Cast Hideko Takamine · Keiji Sada · Akiko Tamura · Koji Nambara

Synopsis Three robbers target a house inhabited by a young couple and mother-in-law, but each time they attempt a break-in an endless stream of visiting family, lodgers and friends gets in their way.

Direction Masaki Kobayashi

Cast Keiji Sada · Yoshiko Kuga · Isao Kimura · Toshiko Kobayashi

Direction Nobuo Aoyagi

Cast Osamu Takizawa · Tadao Takashima · Ken Mitsuda · Akiko Tamura

Direction Tadashi Imai

Cast Ken Mitsuda · Yatsuko Tan'ami · Akiko Tamura · Hiro Kumon

Synopsis A three-part film based on short stories about the struggles of women in the early Meiji era. Part 1 tells of a young woman returning home for the first time after her arranged marriage. Parental pleasure at seeing her vanishes...

Direction Keigo Kimura

Cast Susumu Fujita · Setsuko Hara · Haruyo Ichikawa · Akihiko Katayama

Synopsis The eldest daughter of the Takamatsu, Atsuko, a widow, returns to the paternal house because she does not agree with her political family. On the other hand, the youngest daughter, Yukiko, is in love with a teacher older than her...

Direction Yasuki Chiba

Cast Ken Mitsuda · Ineko Arima · Hiroshi Koizumi · Yôko Sugi

Direction Minoru Shibuya

Cast Eijirô Yanagi · Rentarô Mikuni · Chikage Awashima · Koji Tsuruta

Synopsis The central figure is a doctor. On his day off, several people looking for help turn up at his practice. For this eclectic bunch of war veterans, small-time criminals and youths looking for direction, he is not only a doctor...

Direction Keisuke Kinoshita

Cast Akiko Tamura · Akira Ishihama · Chishu Ryu · Rentarô Mikuni

Synopsis A family evacuates Tokyo due to air raids. The first son opts to remain in the city, but he eventually rejoins his relatives. However, he'll soon discover that life is not easy in the country, where many locals are hostile...