Cast: Yo Shiomi

Direction Mikio Naruse

Cast Sachiko Chiba · Kamatari Fujiwara · Tomoko Ito · Ko Mihashi

Direction Mikio Naruse

Cast Noboru Kiritachi · Ranko Edogawa · Hideo Saeki · Yuriko Hanabusa

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Setsuko Hara · Susumu Fujita · Masao Shimizu · Eitarô Shindô

Direction Nobuo Aoyagi

Cast Akio Kobori · Mariko Okada · Takashi Shimura · Kamatari Fujiwara

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Denjirô Ôkôchi · Isuzu Yamada · Sadao Maruyama · Zenichiro Kito

Direction Yasuki Chiba

Cast Ranko Hanai · Shoji Kiyokawa · Chishu Ryu · Haruo Tanaka

Direction Nobuo Aoyagi · Yoshitsugu Tanaka

Cast Hideko Higashi · Ichiro Fujiyama · Dekao Yokoo · Yo Shiomi

Direction Koji Shima

Cast Yukiko Todoroki · Masayuki Mori · Takako Irie · Kyôko Kagawa

Direction Masahisa Sunohara

Cast Yûnosuke Itô · Toshiyuki Ichimura · Niwa Saito · Sachiko Hidari

Direction Kajirô Yamamoto

Cast Setsuko Hara · Denjirô Ôkôchi · Yataro Kurokawa · Susumu Fujita

Synopsis Battle of Hawaii (1942) is a Japanese wartime propaganda film produced approximately a year after the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor. The movie aims to commemorate and glorify the triumph of the Japanese forces during this pivotal event. It serves...

Direction Mansaku Itami

Cast Denjirô Ôkôchi · Setsuko Hara · Sadao Maruyama · Ryô Sayama

Synopsis Kyojin-den (1938) is a cinematic interpretation of Victor Hugo's classic novel "Les Misérables," cleverly transplanted to the backdrop of Kyushu during the tumultuous period of the Satsuma Rebellion. This historical drama weaves a tale of struggle, redemption, and the human...

Direction Motoyoshi Oda

Cast Seizaburô Kawazu · Miki Sanjo · Minoru Takada · Yoshio Tsuchiya

Synopsis The Invisible Avenger (1954) begins with a chilling scene where a car collides with an unseen entity, leaving a trail of blood from an invisible source. The victim, who is later revealed to be an invisible man, carries a suicide...

Direction Minoru Murata

Cast Chieko Higashiyama · Sachiko Murase · Ichiro Sugai · Noboru Kiritachi

Synopsis Sakura no sono (1936) centers around Madame Ranevskaya, a privileged and aging noblewoman who comes back from her Parisian journey to confront the impending loss of her stunning Cherry Orchard estate due to a mortgage default. Unable to accept reality,...

Direction Masahiro Makino

Cast Shirley Yamaguchi · Toshirô Mifune · Takashi Shimura · Akihiko Hirata

Synopsis The Last Embrace (1953) follows Yukiko Nogami, who is saved from a perilous mountain blizzard by the dashing forester Shinkichi. Their rescue leads to a blossoming romance, but tragedy strikes when Shinkichi perishes in an avalanche. Devastated, Yukiko departs the...