Kaoru Futaba

Matsugoro is a poor rickshaw driver whose animated spirit and optimistic demeanor make him a favorite of the town. Matsu helps an injured boy,...

1942 Japanese movie

In Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mountainous Izu to Tokyo.

Based on the original work by Fumiko Hayashi, this is a story about a woman and two men. The lust is restrained and indifferent. The story even has...

This bittersweet comedy tells the tale of a group of college roommates attempting to cheat their way through their exams. As the title goes, things...

The poor novelist Yamamoto is writing his novel, determined and with a headband around his head. With him, the novelist who is always in trouble...

A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki...

1946 Japanese movie

Two childhood friends go their own ways but meet again some years later after they have both married. They get re-acquainted, meet each others’...

Episode in the life of a composer of a popular Japanese song.

Ine Onoda, the eldest daughter of a poor family of farmers, raises a colt from birth and comes to love the horse dearly. When the horse is grown, the...

When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs.

A melodrama about an orphan and her mother who are separated and lose contact, but are later reunited.

A young couple flee their disapproving parents, get lost of Mt. Akagi and find a cache of gold protected by the ghost of a gangster.

During college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is tested when one of them becomes involved with a woman...

What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy...

1942 Japanese movie