Hatae Kishi

The struggle of a young man and boys who try to create the environment where they can speak their minds freely.

Five boys escape from their life of bondage on an island 10 miles off Hiroshima, and are picked up in the Inland Sea, drifting in an open boat.

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

The Street Without Sun

Onna Hitori Daichi wo Yuku (A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land, Kinuta Production, 1953) was the second feature film directed by Kamei Fumio, who is known as a master of documentary films, and followed his “Haha Nareba Onna Nareba(Become a Mother, Become a Woman)” (1952).

A semidocumentary film about female pearl divers and fishermen.

Mother in the Storm

Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform.

A Woman's Life

Senka o koete

The film shows the bombing of Hiroshima and the horrific aftermath following the detonation of an atomic bomb on humans for the first time in history.

About the struggles of day labourers to achieve dignity and a standard of living above the starvation level. Utilising the Zenshinza theatrical troupe.

1948 Japanese drama film.

Ai Sureba Koso

Become a Mother, Become a Woman

The Stormy Era of Twenty Years

Adaptation of the original story by Hida Yoshiro, whose depiction of the world of the yakuza is unparalleled. Gisuke, a weather-beaten yakuza with nostalgia and memories of love in his heart.

A woman remarries after receiving official notification that her husband has died, but he returns.

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki

A period film about a peasant revolt in the region near Mount Fuji, occasioned by high officials' depriving the farmers of their water rights.

Konna onna ni dare ga shita

The 7th NHK Asadora. Starring Tadashi Yokouchi in a narrative about an employee of the national railroad living through 50 years of modern history with his wife.