Tsutomu Niijima

In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to escape his miserable condition, being soon followed by his younger brothers. Although not all the men of the family take this tragic path of death, women of the family will be doomed to endure the pain of loss during the next five generations.

A vengeful contractor hires a series of young killers to target a woman muckraker. Trouble brews when an amateur marksman shows up his eclectic competition.

A rivalry sparks between two teenage brothers when they discover the attraction of girls.

A case of mistaken identity in which a woman assumes the role of widow to a man killed in a train accident.

1962 Japanese movie

A demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to work to bolster their income. Their modest dream is to see their son grow and to be happy as a family.

A social columnist and a rookie photographer are sent to cover a bank armed robbery, but a woman gets them involved with the gang of thieves. Shochiku's first 3D film.