A Cat and Two Women
Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat.
Boyhood
When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.
Mother
A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.
Meoto zenzai
The story of a couple, a spoiled son and a down-to-earth girl, in Osaka in the early Showa era. The film won the prestigious Blue Ribbon awards for best director, best actor (Morishige) and best actress (Awashima), and the Mainichi Concours award for best actor and best screenplay (Yasumi Toshio). It ranked second (after Naruse Mikio’s Ukigumo) on the Kinema Junpō top ten films for the year.
Mr. Pu
A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.
No Regrets for Our Youth
After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repression, and wartime upheaval—ultimately forging her own path in pre- and post-WWII Japan.
Street of Shame
The lives of five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan's greatest fencer, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Otsu waits for him, yet he has come not for her but to challenge the leader of the region's finest school of fencing. To prove his valor and skill, he walks deliberately into ambushes set up by the school's followers. While Otsu waits, Akemi also seeks him, expressing her desires directly. Meanwhile, Takezo is observed by Sasaki Kojiro, a brilliant young fighter, confident he can dethrone Takezo. After leaving Kyoto in triumph, Takezo declares his love for Otsu, but in a way that dishonors her and shames him. Once again, he leaves alone.
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Shirô Toyoda
Director
Eiko Miyoshi
as
Isuzu Yamada
as
First wife
Chieko Naniwa
as
Orin
Hisaya Morishige
as
Shozo
Keisuke Kinoshita
Director
Chishû Ryû
as
Father
Akira Ishihama
as
Ichirô
Rentarô Mikuni
as
Teacher Shimomura
Mikio Naruse
Director
Sadako Sawamura
as
O-Sei
Masao Mishima
as
Ryousuke Fukuhara
Eiji Okada
as
Shinjiro
Akira Kurosawa
Director
Akitake Kôno
as
Itokawa
Kokuten Kôdô
as
Mr. Noge, Ryukichi's father
Setsuko Hara
as
Yukie Yagihara
Ayako Wakao
as
Yasumi
Yoshio Inaba
as
Eijirô Tôno
as
Baiken Shishido
Toshirô Mifune
as
Musashi Miyamoto
Kon Ichikawa
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