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Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for decades. Learning he has cancer, he starts to...
Ikiru
Yasuichiro Isa, who works in the labor section of Sone Mining Tokyo Headquarters, paid a monthly fee for his younger brother, Reiji, who was in...
Striving to Live
Film directed by Saeki Kozo with Wakao Ayako.
Zoku jūdai no seiten
Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo....
Shiosai
A young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself falling in love with a student closer to her age.
The Wild Geese
Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.
When a Woman Loves
1962 Japanese movie
Boku chin hōrō-ki
In the 12th century, Buddhism was still a relatively new religion in Japan. At that time, one school (Shingon) offered extensive training in complex...
Shinran: Path to Purity
A priest in Hokkaido adopts a blind orphan girl, and as she grows up he finds himself falling in love with her.
Pastoral Symphony
Film directed by Shima Koji and starring Wakao Ayako
Jûdai no seiten
A Certain Woman
Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the...
Policeman's Diary
Japanese drama film.
The Motherless
Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to reunite with an old flame.
Stakeout
Mokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple since the war. All three daughters become involved...
The Moon Has Risen
A conscript from a poor background writes the Emperor asking if he can stay in the army when his service is up.
To Your Majesty, The Emperor
A romantic adventure tale about a young guy working on a whale-hunting vessel and his love for a childhood sweetheart.
Pure Emotions of the Sea
The Street Without Sun
Documentary made by Toho for the Masterworks reissue of all of its Kurosawa films. This one focuses on "Ikiru" (1952).
Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create: 'Ikiru'
A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the...
Tower of Lilies
A remake of High Noon (1952) as a Japanese jidai-geki sword-fighting movie.
Duel at Sundown
The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a program of birth control, become pregnant one after...
Burden of Love
Nikoyon monogatari
Film directed by Eichi Koishi and starring Wakao Ayako
続々十代の性典
From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.
Policeman's Diary, Part 2
After Shuichiro moved to Tokyo, the Tanno family became completely female, including Mrs. Tanno, Shuichiro's daughter-in-law Manzuko, painter...
Women's House
Student Double Suicide