Late Spring (1949)
Noriko is twenty seven years old and still living with her widowed father Everybody tries to talk her into marrying, but Noriko wants to stay at home caring for her father
The Idiot (1951)
A Japanese veteran, driven partially mad from the war, travels to the snowy island of Hokkaido where he soon enters a love triangle with his best friend and a disgraced woman
Meshi (1951)
Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage, all she does is cook and clean for her husband
No Regrets for Our Youth (1946)
The daughter of a politically disgraced university professor struggles to find a place for herself in love and life, in the uncertain world of Japan leading into WWII
The End of Summer (1961)
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth
Anjôke no butôkai (1947)
After Japans loss in the war, the wealthy, cultured, liberal Anjo family have to give up their mansion and their way of life They hold one last ball at the house before leaving The seemingly cold, cynical son secretly grieves for
Musume tsuma haha (1960)
The story of a family in Tokyo who live under the same roof in a large house and include the widowed sixty year old mother, older son and his wife, the youngest daughter and the older daughter who, while being married, is experiencin
Hawai · Maree oki kaisen (1942)
When a boy who is in the navy college returns home for vacation he meets his young cousin who also wants to join in order to become a pilot However, the younger mans mother is antagonistic knowing the folly of war When the younger
Zoku aoi sanmyaku (1949)
In this sequel to Aoi sanmyaku 1949 the focus is not on the students, but the teachers life When one day a love letter is discovered it escalates into case over which teacher and students clash The incident blows up and ther
Shuu (1956)
This wry chamber piece from director Mikio Naruse focuses on a couple whose pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity
Late Autumn (1960)
A widow tries to marry off her daughter with the help of her late husbands three friends