Cast: Akira Kishii

Direction Mikio Naruse

Cast Chikako Hosokawa · Masako Tsutsumi · Ryuko Umezono · Chitose Hayashi

Plot Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts, writer-director Mikio Naruse's first sound film, tells the story of three very different siblings forced to work as samisen street musicians to make ends meet....

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Yataro Kurokawa · Akira Kishii · Ureo Egawa · Reiko Miyagawa

Direction Tsuneo Kobayashi

Cast Ken Takakura · Naoko Kubo · Emi Ito · Yûnosuke Itô

Direction Toshio Otani

Cast Kamatari Fujiwara · Akira Kishii · Kumeko Otowa · Setsuko Himemiya

Direction Masahiro Makino

Cast Yukiko Todoroki · Hideko Takamine · Hisako Yamane · Reisaburo Yamamoto

Direction Koji Shima

Cast Hideko Takamine · Katsuhiko Haida · Shinsho Kokontei · Shizuko Kasagi

Plot "Ginza Cancan Girl" - a mixture of American musical movie and the modesty of Japanese cinema. Hideko Takamine was already a successful singer with this very popular hit song.

Direction Santarô Marune

Cast Yoshio Yoshida · Akira Ôizumi · Masao Hori · Akira Kishii

Direction Tsuneo Kobayashi

Cast Kô Nishimura · Kenichi Enomoto · Mitsuru Hagiwara · Shin Ibuki

Direction Minoru Matsui

Cast Kamatari Furukawa · Akira Kishii · Hideko Takamine · Nijiko Kiyokawa

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Chiezô Kataoka · Mitsuko Miura · Michiko Ai · Shinobu Chihara

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Minoru Takada · Isuzu Yamada · Joji Oka · Akira Kishii

Direction Yasuki Chiba · Fujio Tsuda

Cast Ryuko Umezono · Akira Kishii · Nijiko Kiyokawa · Benko Nakagawa

Direction Kajirô Yamamoto

Cast Kenichi Enomoto · Ranko Hanai · Akira Kishii · Hideko Takamine

Direction Kiyoshi Saeki

Cast Juro Hoshi · Ryôsuke Kagawa · Takashi Kanda · Akira Kishii

Plot Tatsugoro the fire chief tries to keep Edo safe as part of the famed Megumi Fire Squad.

Direction Kajirô Yamamoto

Cast Kenichi Enomoto · Ranko Hanai · Akira Kishii · Hideko Takamine

Direction Santarô Marune

Cast Chiezô Kataoka · Akira Kishii · Haruyo Ichikawa

Plot According to Donald Richie in The Japanese Film it was meant to do for sumo wrestling what Kurosawa had done for judo in Sanshiro sugata.

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Kazuo Hasegawa · Hisako Yamane · Akira Kishii · Ureo Egawa

Direction Yasushi Sasaki

Cast Tokubei Hanazawa · Akira Kishii · Hibari Misora · Mitsuru Ono

Plot Dreaming of becoming a singer, Sayuri leaves home and heads for Tokyo. Through dance, music, and songs, this story shows how a girl raised on a farm was able to...

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Yoshie Fujiwara · Roppa Furukawa · Katsuhiko Haida · Kazuo Hasegawa

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Teruko Akatsuki · Saburô Bôya · Sachiko Hidari · Kyû Sazanka