Cast: Mitsuko Mito

Direction Kenji Mizoguchi

Cast Machiko Kyô · Mitsuko Mito · Kinuyo Tanaka · Masayuki Mori

Synopsis In the civil wars of 16th century Japan, two ambitious peasants want to make their fortunes. The potter Genjuro intends to sell his wares for vast profits in the local city, while his brother-in-law Tobei wishes to become a samurai.

Direction Heinosuke Gosho

Cast Nobuko Otowa · Shûji Sano · Mitsuko Mito · Sachiko Hidari

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 Inagaki

Cast Toshirô Mifune · Rentarô Mikuni · Kuroemon Onoe · Kaoru Yachigusa

Synopsis With his closest friend, Matahachi, Takezo (the town's wild, orphan kid) leaves his village to join an army on its way to battle. After their side loses, they seek shelter in the isolated home of a widow, Oko, and her...

Direction Hiroshi Inagaki

Cast Toshirô Mifune · Eijirô Tono · Ko Mihashi · Kunimori Kodo

Synopsis After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To...

Direction Kôzaburô Yoshimura

Cast Kazuo Hasegawa · Michiyo Kogure · Machiko Kyô · Nobuko Otowa

Synopsis Based on the classic novel by Murasaki Shikibu, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, has gained renown among the nobility of Kyoto for his charm and good looks, yet he cannot stop himself from pursuing...

Direction Kinuyo Tanaka

Cast Machiko Kyô · Eiji Funakoshi · Atsuko Kindaichi · Chieko Higashiyama

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 Kenji Mizoguchi

Cast Kinuyo Tanaka · Mitsuko Mito · Kuniko Miyake · Ichiro Sugai

Synopsis A woman's struggle for equality in Japan in the 1880s. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls in love with its leader Kentaro Omoi, just as the party is being disbanded by...

Direction Masaki Kobayashi

Cast Keiji Sada · Minoru Oki · Keiko Kishi · Yûnosuke Itô

Direction Yasushi Sasaki

Cast Mitsuko Mito · Shin Saburi · Toru Hirose · Saburo Kashii

Direction Kôjirô Sasaki

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

Direction Kazuo Mori

Cast Mitsuko Mito · Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi · Sadako Sawamura · Ichiro Sugai

Direction Kôzaburô Yoshimura

Cast Mitsuko Mito · Masayuki Mori · Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi · Chieko Seki

Direction Minoru Shibuya

Cast Tatsuo Saito · Fumiko Okamura · Takeshi Sakamoto · Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Synopsis Two men who feel oppressed by their wives, yet still manage to wind their way through brothels, end up at odds with each other after a mishap at the local shops. Things are resolved most unexpectedly to humorous effect.

Direction Yasuzô Masumura

Cast Jun Fujimaki · Kyôko Enami · Kenji Oyama · Mitsuko Mito

Direction Koji Shima

Cast Satsuki Arakawa · Hikaru Hoshi · Shinsho Kokontei · Hibari Misora

Synopsis In summer camps, Hibari meets a girl, Sumire, who looks like her like a drop of water to another. They soon discover that they are twins, but that each one lives with each of the parents, who separated after birth...

Direction Keigo Kimura

Cast Junzaburo Ban · Mitsuko Mito · Kinshirô Matsumoto · Hiroko Ito

Direction Satsuo Yamamoto

Cast Yûko Mochizuki · Rentarô Mikuni · Sachiko Hidari · Yoshio Inaba

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....