Shin'yō Nara Movies

The story of a sailor who begins a love affair with a woman he saves from suicide.

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

Asako works in a hostel for troubled young women. When a beautiful young girl is brought in one day after committing theft, Asako finds out from the...

A Japanese wartime film directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Representing a destitute mother in an infanticide trial, a female lawyer attempts to convince a conservative prosecutor of the benefits of Japan's...

A businessman’s daughter falls in love with one of her father’s employees.

Ryoichi and Chikako, brother and sister, live together. Chikako toils during the day and, at night, prostitutes herself to fund his college tuition.

Adaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a hospital, depicts the love lives of the director's...

Two people are fascinated by a sculptor's statue. The film is lost.

A man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger sister. The younger sister's a modern girl who's starting...

After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to pass into the hands of a creditor, the...

Michiko gets pregnant after a rape. She marries a boring business partner of her father to avoid the shame. Later she meets the rapist again who is...

A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching methods.

Japanese war movie.

1945 Japanese movie

The 1929 Japanese film "Mother" which helped child actress Hideko Takamine become a star.