Yoko Benisawa

1959 Japanese movie

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Cast: Hideaki Nitani

Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chishū Ryū

Two brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of gambling, boating, and drinking.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Yūjirō Ishihara

East-West Transportation, headquartered in Tokyo, operates daily scheduled cargo flights on the Tokaido Road from Tokyo to Osaka and back, as the...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Shirō Ōsaka

The film tells the story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days drinking, sailing and chasing girls, and who more often...

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Cast: Yōko Minamida

Directed by Kisaburo Kurihara.

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Cast: Yoko Benisawa

Directed by Kisaburo Kurihara.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Tokihiko Okada

Japanese war film.

Genre: War

Cast: Kazuko Aoyama

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chishū Ryū

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

Genre: Drama

Cast: Akiko Tamura

Genre: Drama

Cast: Isamu Kosugi

Haruki Murakami is a successful family man and the head of a camera company. Unbeknownst to Murakami, his arrogant son oscillates between a mistress...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Masayuki Mori

The young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro family as tutor of the daughter, Kumiko, while she...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Yūjirō Ishihara

A young man with a strong sense of justice is torn between two girls: the flighty Taneko and the serious Suzuko. With wisdom, courage and honor in a...

Genre: Action

Cast: Ken Yamauchi

After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to pass into the hands of a creditor, the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Setsuko Hara

Representing a destitute mother in an infanticide trial, a female lawyer attempts to convince a conservative prosecutor of the benefits of Japan's...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka

When a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine how and why he lost his life. The investigation...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Jūkichi Uno

This film begins with a teacher describing to his students how brave the crew was which died as result of Japan's first submarine accident. The film...

Genre: War

Cast: Koji Nakata

The story deals with a juvenile delinquent gang surviving through petty thievery. However, everything gets screwed up when they accidentally steal...

Genre: Crime

Cast: Keiichirō Akagi

The female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a program of birth control, become pregnant one after...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Sō Yamamura

Shokichi, the owner of the clothing store, lives with his daughter Hideko and plans to open an art gallery. One day, Hideko led a handsome art...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Koreya Senda

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Cast: Mie Kitahara

Based on the loosely autobiographical novel of the same name by Toko Kon. Ken Yamanouchi stars as Togo Konno, the titular bastard.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ken Yamauchi

One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Isamu Kosugi