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- DirectorShin SaburiStarsNao MinamikawaMachiko MizuharaShin Saburi
- DirectorSenkichi TaniguchiStarsRyô IkebeMitsuko MitoToshirô MifuneA young man, convicted of a crime and imprisoned in the penitentiary, comes to believe that his wife is being unfaithful to him. He contrives his escape from the prison in order to seek her out and learn the truth, but the police give chase and he must flee into the mountains.
- DirectorKaneto ShindôStarsNobuko OtowaJûkichi UnoIchirô SugaiShindo's directorial debut is the fictionalized account of the death of his first wife. Following the breakout of the Pacific War, the Japanese film industry was forcibly downsized. Numazaki, a mediocre screenwriter, faces imminent dismissal. His wife Takako encourages him to seek work in Kyoto. Numazaki fails his aptitude test, which is to write a script for the famous but demanding director Sakaguchi (a veiled reference for Kenji Mizoguchi). Takako offers to support his husband for a year, so that he can hone his craft from scratch.
- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsYuriko HamadaReizaburô YamamotoRyô IkebeThough recognized worldwide almost exclusively for his colorful kaiju fare, director Ishiro Honda (Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra) was a natural humanist with a particular understanding of the relationship between people and their social environs. His debut fiction feature, The Blue Pearl (Aoi Shinju) - virtually unseen in the west until now - depicts the melodramatic, but keenly-observed interplay between a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers; literally "women of the sea") in a superstitious coastal town. Though raised within the same tradition-bound crucible, the two women - Noe and Riu - are portrayed as diametric opposites; the former meek but affectionate, the latter strong-willed but jaded by a tryst with metropolitan life. Nonetheless, Honda provides equal weight to their desires and their ambitions to break free from the social mold imposed upon them from birth.
- DirectorEiichi KoishiStarsSusumu FujitaChieko SômaNobuko Otowa
- DirectorKazuo MoriStarsIchirô AmanoKôtarô BandôSeishirô Hara
- DirectorKeigo KimuraStarsToshirô MifuneMachiko KyôTakashi ShimuraYone (Toshiro Mifune) is a horse trader who lives in a small village on the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaido. He is a rough-and-tumble type who is prone to getting roaring drunk, starting bar brawls, and losing all his money at dice. The only problem is that he has a sickly wife, Haruno, and an infant son, Daihei.
- DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsSetsuko HaraChishû RyûChikage AwashimaA family chooses a match for their daughter Noriko, but she, surprisingly, has her own plans.
- DirectorTeinosuke Kinugasa
- DirectorKon IchikawaStarsRyô IkebeHisaya MorishigeYûnosuke Itô
- DirectorShunkai MizuhoStarsChiyoko FumiyaRyûji KitaHibari Misora
- DirectorTadashi ImaiStarsChôjûrô KawarasakiKan'emon NakamuraIsao KimuraA portrait of Japan, five years after its defeat in WWII,still in the grip of unemployment, this socially conscious work was made with the participation of several members of the Communist party and outside the commercial studio system.
- DirectorShirô ToyodaStarsShuntarô EmiKiyoe FujimaYûji Hori
- DirectorShirô ToyodaStarsKuniko MiyakeHaruko SugimuraSô Yamamura
- DirectorShin SaburiStarsEiji OkadaHatae KishiTakamaru Sasaki
- DirectorKôzaburô YoshimuraStarsKazuo HasegawaMichiyo KogureMachiko KyôBased on the classic novel by Murasaki Shikibu, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, has gained renown among the nobility of Kyoto for his charm and good looks, yet he cannot stop himself from pursuing the one object of desire he must never obtain: his father's young and beautiful bride. Following the tragic consequences of his obsession, Genji wanders from one affair to another, always seeking some sort of resolution to his life.
- DirectorMikio NaruseStarsKinuyo TanakaRanko HanaiYûji HoriA few days in the life of a quiet geisha, single mother of a young, smart boy, in the lively Tokyo quarter of Ginza. A woman devoted to other people's needs, she will end by taking part herself in one of the many disguises of Ginza.
- DirectorEisuke TakizawaStarsRyô IkebeSetsuko WakayamaHisako YamaneA young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.