Tokyo Knights
A college student takes over the family business in the field of organised crime.
Late Chrysanthemums
With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant portrait of a quartet of aging geishas contemplating their troubles with men and money.
Buddha
An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha (Cojoin Hong) turns his back on the old religion when people are starving needlessly and holy rituals include human sacrifices. During his meditations, he is tempted by erotic dancing women, demons, and the evil machinations of his criminal cousin. Devastate to attain the spiritual perfection and become the Buddha. He travels to convert followers by his kindness and wisdom, gaining a multitude of believers when he stops an elephant from crushing a local priest. Buddha of course goes on to become one of the great religious leaders of the world.
Dorodarake no junjô
Jiro, a young yakuza, and Mami, a diplomat’s daughter, are two young lovers from different worlds. Having met by accident, they soon discover a new life together. But their love is ill-fated. Mami's family will not accept her choice, while leading an honest life seems like an unattainable goal for Jiro. Can there be anything else but a tragic ending?
Our Blood Will Not Forgive
Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father.
Wife! Be Like a Rose!
Kimiko, a Tokyo white-collar working girl, lives with her serious, intellectual, haiku-writing mother. Kimiko seeks to marry her boyfriend but needs her absent father to act as the go-between and negotiate the marriage. Kimiko travels and finds her father living with a second family.
Profound Desires of the Gods
Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island, where he interacts with the Futori clan, to drill a well to power a sugar mill.
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
Yoshiko Tsubouchi
as
Tsuruko Mano
as
Sadako Sawamura
as
Nobu
Chikako Hosokawa
as
Tamae
Raizô Ichikawa
as
Kunala
Koreya Senda
as
Shuddhodana
Eijirô Tôno
as
Suratha
Kô Nakahira
Director
Mizuho Suzuki
as
Detective Tonegawa
Masako Izumi
as
Kazue
Sayuri Yoshinaga
as
Mami Yokoyama
Akira Takahashi
as
Hideki Takahashi
as
Shin'ji Asari
Sachiko Chiba
as
Kimiko Yamamoto
Shôhei Imamura
Director
Chôichirô Kawarasaki
as
Kametaro Futori / the backward son
Rentarô Mikuni
as
Nekichi Futori / the chained son
Masao Oda
as
Hideko Takamine
as
Keiko Yashiro
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