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Tag Archives: Hiroshi Shimizu
Unlucky Monkey AKA Anrakkî monkî (1998) SABU, Shin’ichi Tsutsumi, Hiroshi Shimizu, Akira Yamamoto
Yamazaki has spent a lot of time plotting a robbery of a local bank Read More »
Forget Love for Now AKA Koi mo wasurete (1937) Hiroshi Shimizu, Michiko Kuwano, Shûji Sano, Jun Yokoyama
The lives of unhappy children and women, particularly mothers Read More »
A Woman Crying in Spring (1933) Hiroshi Shimizu, Akiko Chihaya, Ryuko Fuji, Shizue Hyôdô
Described by David Bordwell as ‘probably the greatest revelation’ of the retrospective of Shochiku’s Read More »
Eclipse AKA Kinkanshoku (1934) Hiroshi Shimizu, Mitsugu Fujii, Hiroko Kawasaki, Michiko Kuwano
The story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi Read More »
A Mother’s Love AKA Bojô (1950) Hiroshi Shimizu, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Musei Tokugawa, Yatarô Kurokawa
A poor mother leaves behind three children,whom she had with different fathers Read More »
Tokyo Profile AKA Tokai no yokogao (1953) Hiroshi Shimizu, Ryô Ikebe, Ineko Arima, Michiyo Kogure
A little girl named Michiko gets lost from her mom in the neighborhood of Ginza. Read More »
Four Seasons of Children AKA Kodomo no shiki (1939) Hiroshi Shimizu, Teruo Furuya, Masao Hayama, Shin’ichi Himori
A follow-up to Children in the Wind, Four Seasons of Children is also based on a Tsubota Joji novel. Read More »
Children in the Wind AKA Kaze no naka no kodomo (1937) Hiroshi Shimizu, Reikichi Kawamura, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Masao Hayama
On vacation’s eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is imprisoned and accused of embezzlement. Read More »
The Boss’s Son at College AKA Daigaku no wakadanna (1933) Hiroshi Shimizu, Mitsugu Fujii, Harurô Takeda, Yoshiko Tsubouchi
The story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his university’s rugby team. Read More »
The Shiinomi School AKA Shiinomi Gakuen (1955) Hiroshi Shimizu, Kyôko Kagawa, Yukiko Shimazaki, Jûkichi Uno
A university professor and his wife have two sons with infantile paralysis. Read More »
The Masseurs and a Woman AKA Anma to onna (1938) Hiroshi Shimizu, Shotaro Akagi, Shin’ichi Himori, Ayuko Hirano
Two blind masseurs Toku and Fuku walk to a mountain retreat to work for the season. Read More »
Kids Return: The Reunion AKA Kizzu ritân: Saikai no toki (2013) Hiroshi Shimizu, Yûta Hiraoka, Takahiro Miura, Bengal
Set 10 years after “Kids Return.” Shinji and Masaru have graduated from high school with different paths in their lives. Read More »
Japanese Girls at the Harbor AKA Minato no nihonmusume (1933) Hiroshi Shimizu, Michiko Oikawa, Yukiko Inoue, Ureo Egawa
A bad boy can win their hearts and drive them apart even in the 1930s and even in Japan Read More »
Mr. Thank You (1936) Hiroshi Shimizu, Ken Uehara, Ryuji Ishiyama, Einosuke Naka
Mr. Thank You is the kindly young driver of a local bus traveling from poverty stricken coastal villages, over the mountains, to the town. Read More »