Cast: Masao Hayama

Direction Yasujirō Ozu

Cast Choko Iida · Shinichi Himori · Masao Hayama · Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Synopsis In 1923, in the province of Shinshu, the widow and simple worker of a silk factory Tsune Nonomiya (O-Tsune) decides to send her only son to Tokyo for having a better education. Thirteen years later, she visits her son Ryosuke...

Direction Yasujirō Ozu

Cast Chishu Ryu · Shûji Sano · Shin Saburi · Takeshi Sakamoto

Synopsis Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

Direction Hiroshi Shimizu

Cast Masao Hayama · Shinichi Himori · Reikichi Kawamura · Seiji Nishimura

Synopsis A follow-up to Children in the Wind, Four Seasons of Children is also based on a Tsubota Joji novel. The film is divided into two chapters, following the young protagonists' minor adventures and real-world awakenings over spring and summer, then...

Direction Hiroshi Shimizu

Cast Bakudankozo · Masao Hayama · Reikichi Kawamura · Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Synopsis Based on a Tsubota Joji novel, Shimizu's 1937 faeture Children in the Wind is probably his most well-known work, helping establish his reputation as a children's film director. Brothers Zenta (Hayam Masao) and Sanpei (Bakuden Kozo) carelessly wile their summer...

Direction Yasujirō Ozu

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

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 · Michiko Kuwano · Shûji Sano · Sumiko Kurishima

Synopsis An affluent medical professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokio, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Setsuko is a liberated woman who does what she wants, including smoking, even though she is a minor. On Saturday,...

Direction Kôjirô Sasaki

Cast Sugisaku Aoyama · Toichi Doki · Masao Hayama · Toshio Ichise

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 Heinosuke Gosho

Cast Tatsuo Saito · Mitsuko Yoshikawa · Masao Hayama · Yoshiko Tsubouchi

Direction Hiromasa Nomura

Cast Shozaburo Abe · Mariko Aoyama · Hideo Fujino · Masao Hayama

Synopsis Okinu, daughter of the owner of a hosiery business, is in love with Yukidon the young manager of the shop. However, whenever the two meet, they fight. When the landlord asks Okinu's father if he can adopt the young man...

Direction Mikio Naruse

Cast Isamu Yamaguchi · Tomoko Naniwa · Masao Hayama · Mitsuyoshi Kanai

Direction Yasushi Sasaki

Cast Masao Hayama · Mitsuko Yoshikawa · Shinobu Aoki · Hideo Hongô

Direction Kôzaburô Yoshimura

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

Synopsis 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 name and fortune

Direction Mikio Naruse

Cast Shigeru Ogura · Tomoko Naniwa · Tomio Aoki · Osamu Soga

Direction Yasushi Sasaki

Cast Masao Hayama · Michiyo Kogure · Mitsuko Yoshikawa · Toru Hirose

Direction Hiroshi Shimizu

Cast Tomio Aoki · Mary Dean · Hatsue Gion · Masao Hayama

Synopsis Yuki is a young, single mother supporting herself and her son, Haru, with a job as a bar hostess. Haru’s group of friends (which includes the always good Tomio Aoki) are told by their parents to avoid playing with Haru...

Direction Mikio Naruse

Cast Hisao Yoshitani · Nobuko Wakaba · Isamu Yamaguchi · Shôtarô Fujimatsu

Direction Yasushi Sasaki

Cast Shin Saburi · Koji Mitsui · Masao Hayama · Chishu Ryu