Watchlist: 50s Japan

A college aged woman arrives in Tokyo to study while finding work at the wealthy Tashiro family home as a tutor of the daughter, while the two brothers vie for her attention.

A young Japanese boy climbs a mountain in search of a magic wizard. The youth finds the wizard, and is tutored by him. Reinforced with magic powers, the boy eventually fights and defeats the evil witches of down under.

Covering the years from 1932 through 1957, this is the story of the trials and tribulations of lighthouse keeper Shiro and his wife Kiyoko.

A group of poverty-stricken samurai eke out their existence on the outskirts of Edo.

A squadron of Japanese fighter pilots at a lonely Rabaul airbase realises that they are never going to win the war when they understand that Japanese military tactics have little regard for life. Seeking the companionship of any woman who will have them, they spend their days indulging in every fantasy in order to escape the overwhelming fear of death looming just over the horizon.

Kita is a reporter in peaceful town of Tojo, the base of an undetected black textile industry. Unyielding to the pressure of Onishi, the local boss, Kita reports the illegal trade of black textiles and the negligence of the police and the public prosecutor's office. The hell starts breaking loose.

High school girls, impressed to provide nursing care for the soldiers on Okinawa, find themselves on the front line during fierce onslaughts by American forces and are left to fend for themselves when the Japanese army dissolves.

Ishikawa, a newspaper journalist, unexpectedly meets Asako, a woman who used to work for his company some time ago as a phone operator. Three years ago, she accidentally heard the voice of a suspect who committed a still-unresolved homicide. Since then, the suspect's voice has remained lodged in her mind as a terrifying memory. One night, her husband invites over his colleagues, Kawai, Hamazaki, and Muraoka. She realizes that Hamazaki's voice sounds exactly the same as the unseen suspect's! A few days later, Hamazaki is found dead in a rain-soaked coalfield; her husband is kept in police custody as the primary suspect. Ishikawa tries to help Asako and launches his own investigation. However, the investigation soon runs into difficulty as both Kawai and Muraoka had alibis. To make matters worse, her husband implausibly confesses

A young man ignores his mother's pleas and becomes drawn to a life of crime.

Machiko and Haruki are not allowed to meet. When at last they find each other, Haruki has to part for Europe.

A Romeo & Juliet type story of tragic love set to the Heian Period. A young samurai wins the heart of a beautiful princess with his wonderful flute playing, which sets in motion a feud that will change the face of Japan.

In a film that cuts across documentary and drama sees an exploration of both the dynamics of an industrial behemoth, which operates its own independent environment, and societal dynamics in which workers and management and men and women are depicted as both resigned and ambitious.

A student at a woman's university takes a controversial action against the school's old-fashioned doctrines.

A poor mother leaves behind three children,whom she had with different fathers, at relatives and foster parents, and heads for the road.

Amidst endless construction and aircraft noise, a family whose father died slowly disintegrates. While daughter Tamiko struggles with her stepmother Nobuko's attempts to marry her off to careless physician Ihura, her bed-ridden brother Junjiro grieves for his ex-wife Keiko who left him for another man. Although Ihura is more interested in Nobuko, he has a short-lived affair with Tamiko, who herself cares only for Ihura's future social and financial status. After selling the family's last remaining properties, Tamiko and Junjiro refuse to give Nobuko her share. Nobuko moves out of the house, announcing that she will take legal steps against her stepchildren's decision. Shortly before his death, Junjiro confesses to Tamiko that he lost the family's money and the mortgaged house in ill-fated stock market investments.

A romantic adventure tale about a young guy working on a whale-hunting vessel and his love for a childhood sweetheart.

The conflicting dreams of the members of a Japanese family are threatened by a continuing series of misfortunes.

An all-star cast from Daiei Film Company has made "the ultimate Jirocho movie" about the legendary yakuza Shimizu no Jirocho, the biggest Boss in the Tokaido area.

Three criminals planning to rob a house are continually delayed by the families antics.

When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.

Young Lord Genjiro, who abandoned his castle to live as a commoner in Edo, returns home to restore peace in the middle of disruption over an inheritance dispute. Meanwhile, his love affair with Kocho, a singer who is also a skilled archer.