Rashomon (1950)
The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurais ghost and a woodcutter
Rashomon (1950)
The rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurais ghost and a woodcutter
Older Brother, Younger Sister (1953)
In Older Brother, Younger Sister, director Mikio Naruses adaptation of an oft filmed popular novel by Saisei Muro, the eldest daughter Machiko Kyo of a rural family comes home pregnant, testing some already tenuous family bonds N
The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
In post WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead
The Life of a Horsetrader (1951)
This early gem starring the great Mifune Toshiro tells the tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka The Shark, a rough and tumble horse trader in Japans rugged northernmost territory of Hokkaddo
Floating Weeds (1959)
The head of a Japanese theatre troupe returns to a small coastal town where he left a son who thinks he is his uncle, and tries to make up for the lost time, but his current mistress grows jealous
Ugetsu (1953)
A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century
Street of Shame (1956)
The personal tales of various prostitutes who occupy a brothel