Cast: Kaoru Futaba

Direction Hiroshi Shimizu

Cast Michiko Kuwano · Ken Uehara · Mayumi Tsukiji · Kaoru Futaba

Synopsis Hiroshi Shimizu’s endearing road movie follows the long and winding route of a sweet-natured bus driver—nicknamed Mr. Thank You for his constant exclamation to pedestrians who kindly step out of his way—traveling from rural Izu to Tokyo. Romance and comedy...

Direction Yasujirō Ozu

Cast Tatsuo Saito · Kaoru Futaba · Kinuyo Tanaka · Chishu Ryu

Synopsis A student fails when the shirt on which he wrote his exam cheat sheet gets mistakenly sent to the laundry. The student contemplates his outcast fate as his graduating dorm-mates all face the working world.

Direction Yasujirô Shimazu

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

Synopsis 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 girl Saya who becomes the model for his novel. Saya...

Direction Tai Kato

Cast Ushio Akashi · Kyoko Aoyama · Kotaro Bando · Kaoru Futaba

Synopsis Wandering gambler movie filled with humor and compassion. An odd couple of a gangster and a masterless samurai becomes involved in a variety of events as they travel.

Direction Keisuke Sasaki

Cast Kiyoshi Aono · Jun Arai · Kaoru Futaba · Masao Hayama

Synopsis A Composer tours ruins of castles searching for inspiration for a composition....

Direction Hiroshi Shimizu

Cast Masao Inoue · Kaoru Futaba · Kinuyo Tanaka · Eiji Oshimoto

Direction Hiroshi Inagaki

Cast Chiezô Kataoka · Chikako Miyagi · Ryôsuke Kagawa · Takashi Shimura

Direction Yasujirô Shimazu

Cast Shinobu Aoki · Mariko Aoyama · Jun Arai · Hideo Fujino

Synopsis A musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of the era.

Direction Hiroshi Inagaki

Cast Kichijiro Ueda · Roppa Furukawa · Chiezô Kataoka · Kaoru Futaba

Direction Santarô Marune

Cast Masako Araki · Shinobu Araki · Tarô Bandô · Kaoru Futaba

Direction Kajirô Yamamoto

Cast Hideko Takamine · Kamatari Fujiwara · Chieko Takehisa · Kaoru Futaba

Synopsis Ine Onoda, the eldest daughter of a poor family of farmers, raises a colt from birth and comes to love the horse dearly. When the horse is grown, the government orders it auctioned and sold to the army. Ine struggles...

Direction Hiroshi Shimizu

Cast Shin Saburi · Sanae Takasugi · Ken Uehara · Michiko Kuwano

Synopsis Shuzo and Ichiro are childhood friends who go their own ways but re-encounter each other some years later after they have both married. They become good friends again and although the wives have very different natures they too get along...

Direction Kajirô Yamamoto

Cast Hideko Takamine · Ryo Ikebe · Setsuko Hara · Takako Irie

Synopsis One month has passed since Japan plunged into the Pacific War, but it has not yet touched the suburban life. The state of the suburbs where you can see from the train window is relaxing. It is not much different...

Direction Torajiro Saito

Cast Mitsuko Takao · Reikichi Kawamura · Yoshiko Kawada · Shoichi Kofujita

Synopsis A melodrama about an orphan and her mother who are separated and lose contact, but are later reunited.