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- DirectorRyô HagiwaraStarsKusuo AbeKensaku HaraTatsuya Ishiguro
- DirectorKon IchikawaStarsYoshiko KugaMasayuki MoriMitsuko Mito
- DirectorKazuo MoriStarsToshirô MifuneYuriko HamadaTakashi ShimuraMataemon Araki, a renowned swordsman, helps a young man find vengeance.
- DirectorKiyoshi SaekiStarsYasumi HaraTakashi ItoKyôko Kagawa
- DirectorHeinosuke GoshoStarsAdrien HembertRyô IkebeKyôko Kagawa
- DirectorKiyoshi SaekiStarsChieko SômaChieko SekiYôko Sugi
- DirectorKon IchikawaStarsFubuki KoshijiRyô IkebeSô YamamuraErotic comedy influenced by US screwball films: A detective follows a suspected lady thief from Osaka to the home village where she is holding a memorial for her father, the sleuth falls for his prey.
- DirectorKôzô SaekiStarsKenji SugawaraAyako WakaoToranosuke Ogawa
- DirectorKôzô SaekiStarsJunzaburô BanAchako HanabishiYûji Hori
- DirectorKeigo KimuraStarsMachiko KyôMasayuki MoriRentarô MikuniThe picture belongs to the jidai gekki (historic) genre. It is a powerful story of violence and eroticism, picturing a world at once sordid and poetic, with two central themes which intermingle to compound an admirable panel of a critical period in Japanese history: the great famine in the mid 19th Century.
- DirectorKôzô SaekiStarsFukuko SayoTadao TakashimaChieko Seki
- DirectorBin KatôStarsKôtarô BandôJunzaburô BanMitsusaburô Ramon
- DirectorTeinosuke KinugasaStarsShinobu ArakiKôtarô BandôKazuo HasegawaA talented sculptor is hired to erect a giant Buddha statue when the capital is moved to Nara, in 745 AD. Those opposed to the statue try to use the artist's girlfriend to get him to stop it from being completed.
- DirectorShin SaburiStarsSumiko AbeMichiyo KogureTatsuya Mihashi
- DirectorPaul SloaneStarsChristian DrakeMitsuko KimuraHenry NakamuraAmerican Sergeant falls in love with a Japanese woman.
- DirectorShigeo NakakiStarsHikaru HoshiHibari MisoraMitsuko MiuraA young woman (O'Brien) visits her father in Japan, meets a Japanese War Orphan (Hibari Misora) and raises money to build an orphanage.
- DirectorKunio WatanabeStarsIchirô RyûzakiChieko SômaJun Tazaki
- DirectorKaneto ShindôStarsNobuko OtowaOsamu TakizawaMasao ShimizuPost war Hiroshima: It's been four years since the last time she visited her hometown. Takako faces the after effects of the A-bomb when she travels around the city to call on old friends.
- DirectorMinoru ShibuyaStarsRyô IkebeIsuzu YamadaSô YamamuraIn post-war Japan, a bureaucrat in the land ministry self-destructively spirals into squalor.
- DirectorEiichi KoishiStarsAiko MimasuAyako WakaoSachiko Atami
- DirectorKôzô SaekiStarsKingorô YanagiyaAyako WakaoYûko Mochizuki
- DirectorShirô ToyodaStarsRentarô MikuniMariko OkadaAkira Kubo
- DirectorShunkai MizuhoStarsJunko AnamiTaeko HiraAkio Isono
- DirectorSeiji HisamatsuStarsKinuyo TanakaKoreya SendaAyako Wakao
- DirectorMinoru ShibuyaStarsEijirô YanagiRentarô MikuniChikage AwashimaDirector Minoru Shibuya adapted Masuji Ibushi's masterpiece to film. The film depicts a doctor who has a sign that reads "Closed Today," but is busy with all kinds of people visiting the hospital.
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsTakashi ShimuraNobuo KanekoShin'ichi HimoriA bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.
- DirectorMikio NaruseStarsHideko TakamineMitsuko MiuraKyôko KagawaPoor, pathetic mother Ose has four children, three daughters and a son, by four different men.
- DirectorNobuo NakagawaStarsTakashi KandaSusumu KunôYaeko Mizutani
- DirectorMasahiro MakinoStarsAkio KoboriSetsuko WakayamaJun Tazaki
- DirectorDaisuke ItôStarsKazuo HasegawaHideko TakamineKeiko Kishi
- DirectorKeisuke KinoshitaStarsHideko TakamineMasao WakaharaChikage AwashimaA naive stripper falls for an artist engaged to the daughter of a controversial female politician.
- DirectorShirô ToyodaStarsSetsuko HaraRyô IkebeSô Yamamura
- DirectorYasuki ChibaStarsHaruo Nakajima
- DirectorToshio SugieStarsYôko SugiYukiko ShimazakiHiroshi Koizumi
- DirectorYasuki ChibaStarsYukiko ShimazakiKazuo MasubuchiChieko NakakitaOnce an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed photographs that her cousin had sent. When another actress falls ill she is given the role instead. Her first film is a success propelling the young actress to popularity, her own fans, money and a house. While everything looks dandy from the outside not all is well within the family however.
- DirectorNobuo NakagawaStarsHajime IzuMinoru ChiakiBokuzen Hidari
- DirectorTsuruo IwamaStarsKeiko KishiKuniko MiyakeChishû Ryû
- DirectorTatsuo ÔsoneStarsTsumasaburô BandôMasao MishimaKeiko TsushimaA gallant swordsman takes on the forces of evil with the help of his trusty friends.
- DirectorKon IchikawaStarsKen UeharaIchirô SugaiChikako Miyagi
- DirectorNobuo AoyagiStarsRanko HanaiSachiko HidariKyôko Kagawa
- DirectorMasaki KobayashiStarsAkira IshihamaChishû RyûKuniko MiyakeThe story of a father and two teen-aged sons, and the rivalry between the two siblings as they begin to discover the attraction of girls.
- DirectorIsamu KurayaStarsKatsuhiko HaidaMichiyo AratamaEitarô ShindôWhen a young woman is dishonoured and kills herself, her sister, a tomboy, seeks vengeance with the aide of a young man she falls for.
- DirectorMasaki MôriStarsKatsuhiko HaidaShintarô KidoSumiko Minami
- DirectorSenkichi TaniguchiStarsShirley YamaguchiToshirô MifuneBob BoothA Japanese woman, the mistress of an American, falls in love with her servant.
- DirectorKaneto ShindôStarsSusumu FujitaNobuko OtowaMitsuko Mito
- DirectorNoboru NakamuraStarsChikage AwashimaAkira IshihamaHanshirô IwaiBefore a young woman can be sold to a geisha, she becomes pregnant.
- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsHajime IzuYôko FujitaTakashi ShimuraThe conflict of Ishiro Honda's second narrative feature lies at the crossroads of science, faith, and economic prosperity. When a group of young geologists declares a mountainside marked for residential development unstable, they are met with scorn on two fronts. On one end, they must contend with the local villagers who balk at the prospect of relocation; on the other, they face the ambitions of the headstrong lumber baron, whose actions will only further destabilize the land. Their pleas for reason ignored, the scientists can do little but observe as nature runs its inevitable course. With this film, Honda not only keyed into the theme of man's subservience to his environment which would resonate throughout his career, but also ignited his working relationship with one of Japan's defining cinematic craftsmen, Eiji Tsuburaya.
- DirectorKôzaburô YoshimuraStarsYumiko MiyaginoMitsuko MiuraYûko TsumuraA family of silkweavers are hit hard by industrialization.
- DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsShin SaburiMichiyo KogureKôji TsurutaA childless middle-aged couple faces a marital crisis.
- DirectorMikio NaruseStarsKinuyo TanakaKyôko KagawaEiji OkadaA teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.
- DirectorMikio NaruseStarsMichiyo KogureTomoemon OtaniSô YamamuraKogure is the widow of an assassinated samurai and Otani was that man's pupil. They have been sent out to seek revenge on the murderer, Kogure's first suitor, but their long and arduous journey has so far been fruitless.
- DirectorMasahiro MakinoStarsKen'ichi EnomotoFubuki KoshijiAkira KishiiBackstage romances about opera singers.
- DirectorHideo SekigawaStarsKappei MatsumotoEiji OkadaAkitake Kôno
- DirectorMasahiro MakinoStarsUreo EgawaYuriko HanabusaChôko Iida
- DirectorKôji ShimaStarsAkihiko KatayamaYôko KosonoKokuten Kôdô
- DirectorIsamu KosugiStarsChikako MiyagiIchirô Ryûzaki
- DirectorKenji MizoguchiStarsKinuyo TanakaTsukie MatsuuraIchirô SugaiFollows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society.