Cast: Ayako Katsuragi

Direction Yasujirô Shimazu

Cast Yumeko Aizome · Yukichi Iwata · Choko Iida · Yoshiko Okada

Plot Two families live in rural or suburban Japan, somewhere in the Kansai region probably. The two families are quite close to each other; the two fathers are drinking buddies, the...

Direction Mikio Naruse

Cast Setsuko Shinobu · Akio Isono · Hikaru Yamanouchi · Nobuko Wakaba

Plot Mikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose life, despite a host of male admirers and even some intrigued movie talent scouts, ends...

Direction Yasujirō Ozu

Cast Mieko Takamine · Shin Saburi · Hideo Fujino · Ayako Katsuragi

Direction Yasujirô Shimazu

Cast Ayako Katsuragi · Reikichi Kawamura · Kaoru Futaba · Kinuyo Tanaka

Plot The poor novelist Yamamoto is writing his novel, determined and with a headband around his head. With him, the novelist who is always in trouble paying his bills, is the...

Direction Yasujirô Shimazu

Cast Kinuyo Tanaka · Kôkichi Takada · Hideo Fujino · Choko Iida

Direction Yasushi Sasaki

Cast Michiko Kuwano · Shinyo Nara · Emiko Yagumo · Setsuko Shinobu

Direction Kôzaburô Yoshimura

Cast Tomio Aoki · Hideo Fujino · Tokiko Hada · Masao Hayama

Plot A business man runs afoul of the law and commits suicide, leaving behind wife and five children. The eldest son takes the family to Tokyo and labors to restore its...

Direction Teinosuke Kinugasa

Cast Kotaro Bando · Satoko Chikuma · Ayako Katsuragi · Utako Suzuki

Direction Yasujirô Shimazu

Cast Shûji Sano · Sanae Takasugi · Takeshi Sakamoto · Ayako Katsuragi

Plot Shigeo is an aspiring writer living with his girl friend Minako and hoping for success and a better tomorrow every day. Both live on what Minako earns from working in...

Direction Teinosuke Kinugasa

Cast Kenji Susukida · Kinnosuke Takamatsu · Tetsu Tsuboi · Masao Hori

Direction Mikio Naruse

Cast Kazuo Hasegawa · Kinuyo Tanaka · Sensho Ichikawa · Akitake Kôno

Plot After a renowned archer commits harakiri because he’s lost the big tournament, innkeeper Kinuyo Tanaka takes in his boy and sees to his training so he can compete in the...

Direction Hiromasa Nomura

Cast Kinuyo Tanaka · Ken Uehara · Hideo Fujino · Mitsuko Higashiyama

Plot A young doctor, Kozo Tsumura (Uehara), falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi (Tanaka). But she's got a secret: she's a widow with a son. Kozo and Katsue decide to run...

Direction Yasujirô Shimazu

Cast Kinuyo Tanaka · Kazue Hayashi · Ayuko Hirano · Zentaro Iijima