Cast: Yuriko Hamada

Direction Kenji Mizoguchi

Cast Kinuyo Tanaka · Tsukie Matsuura · Ichiro Sugai · Toshirô Mifune

Synopsis The Life of Oharu (1952) chronicles the journey of Oharu, a woman in her fifties navigating the rigid societal norms of 17th-century feudal Japan. Her life takes a dramatic turn when she becomes the paramour of a man, leading to...

Direction Kenji Mizoguchi

Cast Michiyo Kogure · Yoshiko Kuga · Ken Uehara · Yuriko Hamada

Direction Mikio Naruse

Cast Yuriko Hamada · Chieko Higashiyama · Isao Kimura · Keiko Kishi

Synopsis The Angry Street (1950) follows the story of Sudo and Mori, a pair of university students who earn their keep by targeting wealthy young women in dance clubs. Mori, the mastermind, and Sudo, the charming dancer, work together to deceive...

Direction Yasushi Sasaki

Cast Ryunosuke Tsukigata · Yuriko Hamada · Chizuru Kitagawa · Michitaro Mizushima

Direction Nobuo Aoyagi

Cast Norihei Miki · Sonosuke Sawamura · Murasaki Fujima · Kyoko Aoyama

Direction Nobuo Aoyagi

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

Direction Koji Shima

Cast Michitaro Mizushima · Yuriko Hamada · Akihiko Katayama · Sumiko Minami

Direction Akira Kurosawa · Hideo Sekigawa · Kajirô Yamamoto

Cast Susumu Fujita · Hideko Takamine · Kenji Susukida · Masayuki Mori

Synopsis Those Who Make Tomorrow (1946) follows the journey of two sisters with distinct careers—one a dancer and the other a script supervisor at a prominent film studio. Their lives take an unexpected turn when they get involved in labor union...

Direction Kazuo Mori

Cast Toshirô Mifune · Yuriko Hamada · Takashi Shimura · Akihiko Katayama

Synopsis Vendetta of Samurai (1952) follows the tale of a skilled and respected swordsman, Matemon Araki, who takes on the role of a mentor and protector for a young man seeking retribution. The story unfolds as Araki guides the young man...

Direction Hiroshi Inagaki

Cast Tomoemon Otani · Toshirô Mifune · Hisako Yamane · Shin Tokudaiji

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Asami Kuji · Keiju Kobayashi · Susumu Fujita · Yuriko Hamada

Direction Shin Saburi

Cast Setsuko Hara · Shin Saburi · Keiju Kobayashi · Toshirô Mifune

Synopsis Settlement of Love (1956) follows the story of a widow and her child living in a home that has been deeply affected by the loss of their husband and father to war. On the anniversary of his passing, four of...

Direction Nobuo Aoyagi

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

Direction Kajirô Yamamoto · Kenta Yamazaki · Teinosuke Kinugasa · Mikio Naruse

Cast Ryo Ikebe · Yoshiko Kuga · Michiyo Kogure · Isao Numasaki

Direction Tadashi Imai · Kiyoshi Kusuda · Hideo Sekigawa

Cast Hideo Saito · Yuriko Hamada · Itoko Kôno · Ichiro Sugai

Direction Nobuo Nakagawa

Cast Tomoshirô Otani · Kingorô Yanagiya · Akio Kobori · Kaoru Yachigusa

Direction Yasuki Chiba

Cast Hisako Yamane · Yuriko Hamada · Yumeji Tsukioka · Shin Tokudaiji

Direction Hiroshi Inagaki

Cast Tomoemon Otani · Hideko Takamine · Yuriko Hamada · Ryunosuke Tsukigata

Direction Shirô Toyoda

Cast Akira Kubo · Hiroshi Tachikawa · Kyoko Aoyama · Fubuki Koshiji

Synopsis Love Never Fails (1955) follows the tale of two young men—one, the disciplined son of a Buddhist abbot, and the other, his carefree friend—who find themselves at odds over their affection for a restaurant owner's daughter. Their rivalry escalates, leading...

Direction Heinosuke Gosho

Cast Yuriko Hamada · Chishu Ryu · Ichirô Ryûzaki · Ichiro Sugai

Synopsis A Visage to Remember (1948) follows Kawasaki Ryuichi, a charming engineer in his late twenties, who spends his summer vacation at the seaside residence of his mentor, Professor Inagaki. There, he encounters the professor's enchanting young wife, Sachiko, who bears...