Kikuko Tachibana

母子鶴

母山彦

Three Mothers

Movie about biological mothers, foster mothers, and stepmothers.

Convent Bride

1946 japanese movie.

Enoken no bikkuri shakkuri jidai

Enoken's first film at Daiei.

Doyō fujin

Toki no teizo: Sōshūban

A silk mill worker living through a dark and twisted youth… What is chastity? A powerful work that speaks to society through the anguished expression of a woman twisted by torment.

The Sea of Beauty

Odoriko monogatari

Kenji to onnakanshu

Deep down, a dark shadow always lingered in the heart of Ushio, a young prosecutor who had made a name for himself by cracking down on organized crime. In the bribery case involving his old college friend Ayao, he had sought a two-year prison sentence in accordance with the law. Ayao took his own life, and his family was torn apart by the world’s persecution.

The Aristocrat's Stairs

A romantic tale depicting the beautiful and tragic love between a young man and woman from aristocratic families who are caught in the crossfire of the February 26 Incident.

Arashi no naka no shimai

Haha kōbai

The sincere, selfless love of a foolish mother for her daughter set against the backdrop of the circus.

The Invisible 108th Unit

A poignant and deeply moving story of the officers and men of the Saipan “Total Annihilation” Unit, who, longing for their loved ones back home, return to their homeland unseen.

Onsen Geisha

Asashio yushio

A sweet and melancholy melodrama set against the backdrop of the beautiful Seto Inland Sea, in which a pair of twin sisters, one a young lady of high birth, the other a maid, are manipulated by the threads of fate as they vie for the affection of the same young man.

Doburoku no Tatsu

Tomoraka Tasaka's first postwar work.

Closing Time

A Girl Isn't Allowed to Love

A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

Mother

The Romance of Yushima

Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after Hayase lost his parents in a war. Hayase has been secretly married to Otsuta, a former geisha, and has been unable to tell Sakai of the marriage, aware as he is that Sakai wants him to marry his daughter, Taeko. Otsuta wants Hayase to tell Sakai about her, but understands the difficulty of his position. At a festival, Otsuta is mistaken for a pickpocket and taken to the police. Because of her background as a geisha, newspaper reporters eagerly delve into her past and report that she has been married to Hayase. Unaware of what has been printed in the papers, Hayase decides to tell Sakai about his marriage. Sakai shows the newspaper to him and orders Hayase to part with Otsuta. Given no chance to explain, Hayase accepts Sakai's order.

The Whale God

A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.

Kiri no yoru no kyōfu

A dead lover returns as a ghost

Nagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru

Based on a novel by Tei Fujiwara