
Immediately after the Second World War, sister Kiku and brother Isamu, whose mother Read More »
Tag Archives: Tadashi Imai
The Story of Pure Love / Jun’ai monogatari (1957) Tadashi Imai, Shinjirô Ehara, Hitomi Nakahara, Eiji Okada

Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando Read More »
Rice / Kome (1957) Tadashi Imai, Shinjirô Ebara, Eijirô Tôno, Yûko Mochizuki

The heroes and heroines are all rice farmers, struggling Read More »
A Story from Echigo / Echigo Tsutsuishi Oyashirazu (1964) Tadashi Imai, Yoshiko Sakuma, Shôichi Ozawa, Rentarô Mikuni

Gonsuke has had to leave town to find employment Read More »
Revenge / Adauchi (1964) Tadashi Imai, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Tetsurô Tanba, Yoshiko Mita

After killing a high-ranking officer in an illegal duel, a low-ranking samurai Read More »
Navy Special Young Soldier / Kaigun tokubetsu nenshô-hei (1972) Tadashi Imai, Takeo Chii, Mayumi Ogawa, Katsuhiko Sasaki

Japanese youngsters enduring hard training in Recruit Camp Read More »
Himeyuri Lily Tower / Himeyuri no Tô (1953) Tadashi Imai, Kyôko Kagawa, Susumu Fujita, Keiko Tsushima

A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. Read More »
An Inlet of Muddy Water AKA Nigorie (1953) Tadashi Imai, Akiko Tamura, Yatsuko Tan’ami, Ken Mitsuda

Three short tales from stories by Ichiyo Higuchi. Read More »
Night drum (1958) Tadashi Imai, Rentarô Mikuni, Ineko Arima, Masayuki Mori

When a married woman has an affair with a young musician, feudal Japanese law requires that both offenders pay with their lives. Read More »
Till We Meet Again (1950) Tadashi Imai, Yoshiko Kuga, Eiji Okada, Osamu Takizawa, Drama, History

Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of the war separates them. Read More »