
In the outskirts of a city in Hokkaido, an indigenous Ainu family faces discrimination Read More »
Tag Archives: Masayuki Mori
Older Brother, Younger Sister (1953) Mikio Naruse

The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata Read More »
Taiheiyô hitoribocchi / Alone Across the Pacific (1963) Kon Ichikawa, Yûjirô Ishihara, Masayuki Mori, Kinuyo Tanaka

Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing Read More »
Floating Clouds / Ukigumo (1955) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Mariko Okada

A tragic social drama set in post war Japan and concerns a lonely women Read More »
Love Letter / Koibumi (1953) Kinuyo Tanaka, Masayuki Mori, Yoshiko Kuga, Jûkichi Uno

This valiant melodrama is the brilliant debut as a moviemaker of the great Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka Read More »
The Bad Sleep Well / Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru (1960) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Kyôko Kagawa

It is a high-profile wedding: the daughter of Mr Iwabuchi, a wealthy businessman Read More »
The Sun Above, Death Below / Sogeki (1968) Hiromichi Horikawa, Yûzô Kayama, Ruriko Asaoka, Masayuki Mori

Suspense drama about an assassin charged with breaking up a gold smuggling ring Read More »
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs AKA Onna ga kaidan wo agaru toki (1960) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Tatsuya Nakadai, Masayuki Mori

This is the story of Mama, a.k.a. Keiko, a middle-aged bar hostess who must choose to either get married or buy a bar of her own. Read More »
Elegy of the North / Banka (1957) Heinosuke Gosho, Yoshiko Kuga, Masayuki Mori, Mieko Takamine

A young woman falls for a middle aged business man, but things get complicated when she also starts having feelings for his wife. Read More »
Daughters, Wives and a Mother (1960) Mikio Naruse, Setsuko Hara, Masayuki Mori, Hideko Takamine

The story of a family in Tokyo who live under the same roof in a large house Read More »