Kaneto Shindō Movies

Hideo is sold in marriage to a Japanese farmer in San Francisco to settle her family's debt. Over the next 20 years, the couple works hard and raises...

Film by director Kenji Misumi

A conflict between parents and their delinquent daughter.

A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has encounters with old friends and acquaintances who bring...

Film about a car dealer who gets into financial trouble.

Chuji Kunisada returns to his home village to find that Jubei Matsui, the corrupt magistrate, has been responsible for virtually destroying...

Satsuo Yamamoto's filmic depiction of the famous 1949 Matsukawa Incident.

High-end cabaret hostess Masuko discovers her long-term lover is actually married. Determined to secure her future, she aggressively manipulates him...

Third film of the yoidore hakase series

Keiko and Toshiko are sisters who leave their mountain home, where their parents live in a hydroelectric plant company house to study in the city....

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...

Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.

The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to write about her, though he runs into trouble when...

The entangled relations between the son of a seductive tea-ceremony teacher and the women in his father's life. Based on the novel by Kawabata...

The ship Kaijin Maru is left adrift after losing all means of navigation in a storm. The four people on the ship are becoming increasingly desperate...

Japanese drama film.

The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist board.

Follows the life of Tsuru, the poor daughter of farmers in Shinshu, Japan.