Ryuji Nagami’s script mandates a fairly straightforward comedy of nonconformism Read More »
Tag Archives: Sachiko Chiba
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street AKA Ashita no namikimichi (1936) Mikio Naruse, Sachiko Chiba, Heihachirô Ôkawa, Ranko Akagi
In 1936 Chiba Sachiko had her third starring role in a Naruse picture, in which he returns to the milieu of the shoshimin-eiga. Read More »
Tsuma yo bara no yô ni / Wife! Be Like a Rose! (1935) Mikio Naruse, Sachiko Chiba, Yuriko Hanabusa, Toshiko Itô, Drama
A young woman reaches maturity and yearns to know about her father. Her mother has poisoned her mind about the man who left her for another woman. Read More »