Black River
A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The landlord then attempts to evict the tenants and sell the building through illicit means.
Hiroshima
Historical fiction about the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945, and its effects on various civilians, especially children, of that city.
Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
Tragicomic road movie set during the Edo period. It follows a samurai, his two servants – including spear-carrier Genpachi – and the various people they meet on their journey, including a policeman in pursuit of a thief, a young child and a woman who is to be sold into prostitution.
Chi wa kawaiteru
An employee in an assurance company threatens to commit suicide when management announces a massive layoff, the company uses this threat to its own advantage by turning the incident into an advertising campaign. With the success of the campaign, however, he is no longer a desperate man pointing a gun to his head, but a potential leader who wishes to take advantage of his failed suicide.
Ninja hichô: Fukurô no shiro
Movie adaptation of the 1959 ninja novel. With war against Korea looming on the horizon, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, the 'Taiko' becomes the target of an assassination attempt to be carried out by the Iga Clan of ninja spies. Master spy Juzo Tsuzura (Ryutaro Otomo) is assigned the task, but first he must defeat a former Iga spy who has become a traitor, and outwit the treacherous woman that is trying to seduce him.
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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Masaki Kobayashi
Director
Masao Oda
as
Eijirô Tôno
as
Kurihara
Isuzu Yamada
as
Landlady
Tomo'o Nagai
as
Okada
Tomu Uchida
Director
Ryûnosuke Tsukigata
as
Chiezô Kataoka
as
Gonpachi
Unpei Yokoyama
as
Yomosuke, Otane's father
Yoshishige Yoshida
Director
Ichirô Sugai
as
Hiroshi Takemura
as
Kaneko Iwasaki
as
Ikuyo
Eiichi Kudô
Director
Minoru Ôki
as
Gohei
Chôichirô Kawarasaki
as
Kumotaro
Mikio Naruse
Director
Chikako Hosokawa
as
Hideko Takamine
as
Keiko Yashiro
Hideo Sekigawa
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