Post War Japan Movies

Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha. Both, determined to preserve...

Postwar Japan as it is described by Etsuko, the manager of a bar catering to foreigners in Yokosuka. The way of life of a woman brimming with...

In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.

Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist....

Two broke sweethearts wander war-scarred Tokyo on a single Sunday, stretching 35 yen as they chase housing, small pleasures, and a little hope.

Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat.

An American veteran returns to Tokyo to try to pick up the threads of his pre-World War II life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals...

Hoshino Bunzo raises up his orphan grandson, Keiji whose right leg gets paralyzed when he was an infant. Bunzo loves Keiji so much that he does every...

A racist sergeant stationed in post-war Japan finds himself softening towards the children and falling for a local woman.

In postwar Japan, Tsuyako, a factory worker and mother, must decide between duty and love, her family and her freedom.