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Suke-san Kaku-san oabare (1961) Tadashi Sawashima, Kin’ya Kitaôji, Hiroki Matsukata, Haruo Tanaka

The story of two young men whose ambition is to become the personal bodyguards to the Shogun’s uncle, Lord Mito Komon. Read More »
Riarizumu no yado / Ramblers (2003) Nobuhiro Yamashita, Keishi Nagatsuka, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Machiko Ono

Tsuboi and Kinoshita have just arrived at a desolate town. Both of them are amateur filmmakers. Read More »
The Masseurs and a Woman / 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 »
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 »