365 Nights
A young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in love with the daughter of the mistress of the house and decides to marry her. Only to discover that his father is is in debt and wants him to marry Ranko so that she may help his company by granting 1.5 million yen. Teruko decides to borrow money from a greedy bar owner who lends her money on certain conditions and photographs her without her consent. A love traingle forms between Koroku, Ranko, and Teruko. Things complicate when Koroku marries Teruko and Tsugawa threatens them for the money causing many twists and turns.
Untamed Woman
A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive for success, takes up with a tailor who cannot console himself with her strong personality.
A Woman's Place
Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.
Flowing
Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any future in her mother's trade in the late days of Geisha. But Otsuta will not give up. This film portraits the day time life of geisha when not entertaining customers.
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.
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Mikio Naruse
Director
Eijirô Tôno
as
Masahiko Tsugawa
as
Hideko Takamine
as
Oshima
Mitsuko Miura
as
Oyu, her rival
Kunio Ôtsuka
as
Akira Takarada
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Rokkakuya Kou, Aki no senpu no ko
Akemi Kita
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Yasuko, Matsuyo no musume
Kichijirô Ueda
as
Yoshie Minami
as
Isuzu Yamada
as
Otsuta
Chikako Hosokawa
as
Masao Oda
as
Kon Ichikawa
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