Sincere Heart 1953

A young student falls into a hopeless romantic attraction to a sick girl, whom he can only see from afar.

Our Planes Fly South 1943

Middle-Aged Man 1943

The story of a boy who befriends a lonely middle-aged man.

There Was a Father 1942

Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

Ornamental Hairpin 1941

A Japanese mountain inn patron's foot is cut by an ornamental hairpin accidentally left behind by a former patron, leading to much curiosity among the other patrons regarding her identity.