Kaoru Nobe

Here It is Quiet

A youth film set in a high school.

Haha to ko no mado

The Orchestra Sisters

Doronko tengoku

Cape Ashizuri

Among Yoshimura’s complex and political works, this episodic film, set in the early 1930s, follows the life of a young left-wing student activist disenchanted by the increasingly hawkish state of Japanese society.

Spring Dreams

When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous friends.

The Rose on His Arm

Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of delinquents and yakuza.

The Straits of Love and Hate

A servant girl is seduced and abandoned by her lover, a man from a higher social class, forcing her to navigate a harsh world as an itinerant performer to survive and raise their child.

Dancing Girls of Izu

A dancer girl in a touring company met a high school boy in a port town. The story is about their first love that is very touching and sorrowful. An adaptation of the Kawabata Yasunari short story.

Farewell to Dream

A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. His parents are fishmongers, and Yoichi lives together with them and his four siblings in cramped living conditions. His beloved younger sister is given to a wealthy, childless uncle; his best friend moves away; the girl he fell in love with from afar is with someone else: little by little, Yoichi loses all the people that are important to him.

Somewhere Beneath the Wide Sky

A Tokyo family running a liquor store overcome impotence and dysfunction as they induce an understanding through each other of how to deal with their individual problems.

Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi

A road trip comedy set against the backdrop of the famous historical sites of Tohoku and Hokkaido.

Chikuhō no kodomotachi

A drama film based on Ken Domon's photography of the children around the Chikuho coal mines.

Surprising 53 Stations of the Tokaido

Kintaro goes on a journey to his hometown to meet his mother and sister. His love for singing leads him to a perceptive and cheerful girl named Onatsu... A road trip comedy featuring Kokichi Takada and Hibari Misora singing and dancing.

Youth’s Romance Seat: Sitting on the grass

The timid first love of high school students! A whisper of love between a young man and a girl! The experiences of a middle-aged couple with a child! A cheerful work depicting the problems between three generations of men and women in a bright and healthy manner.