Picture Bride 1995

Riyo, an orphaned 17-year old, sails from Yokohama to Hawaii in 1918 to marry Matsuji, a man she has never met. Hoping to escape a troubled past and start anew, Riyo is bitterly disappointed upon her arrival: her husband is twice her age. The miserable girl finds solace with her new friend Kana, a young mother who helps Riyo accept her new life.

Hito Hata: Raise the Banner 1980

The film looks back at the life of a man named Oda and other Japanese Americans through the decades as they face great challenges and joys living in the United States.

A Wife's Heart 1956

Kiyoko (Takamine Hideko) and her husband want to open a coffee shop. She becomes increasingly close to the bank clerk (Mifune Toshiro) she's asked for a loan.

Forever a Woman 1955

Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her budding vocation as a poet. The beginning of her successful literary career coincides with her divorce and her breast cancer diagnosis. In the last stage of her life, she meets a young journalist from Tokyo who wants to write a story on her life.

The Moon Has Risen 1955

Mokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple since the war. All three daughters become involved in some sort of complicated relationships.

Five Sisters 1954

The story of five sisters.

Sound of the Mountain 1954

An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.

Youth of Heiji Senigata 1953

Mr. Pu 1953

A math teacher loses his job while falling in love with a local girl.

Husband and Wife 1953

A married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband's co-worker, a widower. The husband becomes jealous of the widower and his wife.

Tokyo Sweetheart 1952

Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys, a maker of costume jewelry, and a streetcorner artist all struggle to make their livings and to find happiness in difficult surroundings.

Repast 1951

Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and clean for her husband.

Duel in the Sun 1950

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki

Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka 1950

Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.

The Blue Mountains: Part I 1949

Teacher Yukiko finds herself in opposition to conservative faculty and villagers after defending a student for being in a relationship with a young man from Tokyo.

Drunken Angel 1948

Doctor Sanada treats gangster Matsunaga after he is wounded in a gunfight, and discovers that he is suffering from tuberculosis. Sanada tries to convince Matsunaga to stay for treatment, which would drastically change his lifestyle. They form an uneasy friendship until Matsunaga's old boss Okada returns from prison.