Two blind masseurs Toku and Fuku walk to a mountain retreat to work for the season. Read More »
Tag Archives: Japan
Children in the Wind / 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 Fossil / Kaseki (1975) Masaki Kobayashi, Shin Saburi, Mayumi Ogawa, Keiko Kishi
In the story, an industrialist learns of a medical condition which will greatly shorten his life. Read More »
Light and Shade of Youth (1976) Shigeyuki Yamane, Hiromi Gô, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Atsushi Kawaguchi
Hiroshi Nanjo is an active and tactful youth devoting more of his energies to his part time job Read More »
Let’s Go, Grandma! (1975) Shigeyuki Yamane, Hideki Saijô, Kinuyo Tanaka, Junko Natsu
Let’s Go, Grandma! plays like an exuberant, goofy update to Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Story. Read More »
Battle of Roses (1950) Mikio Naruse, Kuniko Miyake, Setsuko Wakayama, Yôko Katsuragi
In Japan, after the death of Mr. Masago, her wife Satomi Masago loses the family’s company “Lily Cosmetic” Read More »
The Irresponsible Fool / Iikagen baka (1964) Yôji Yamada, Hajime Hana, Shima Iwashita, Tokue Hanazawa
Picked up and raised on an island in the Seto Inland Sea, Yasukichi’s only trait is his innate mischievousness. Read More »
The Snow Woman (1968) Tokuzô Tanaka, Shiho Fujimura, Akira Ishihama, Machiko Hasegawa
A master sculptor and his apprentice are trapped in a terrible snow storm after locating Read More »
Munekata kyôdai / The Munekata Sisters (1950) Yasujirô Ozu, Kinuyo Tanaka, Hideko Takamine, Ken Uehara
Setsuko is unhappily to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. Read More »
Suzaki Paradise Red Light (1956) Yûzô Kawashima
A couple stand indecisively on a bridge in Asakusa. Tsutae and Yoshiji have lost confidence Read More »