
7.2
Girls of the Night
IMDb: 7.2 1961 92 min 20 views
In the late 1950’s prostitution was banned in Japan and if a woman was found exercising this profession they were sent to a reformatory. ...

8.1
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
IMDb: 8.1 1960 111 min 33 views
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she’s a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life’s vicious cycle: ...

6.8
Desperado Outpost
IMDb: 6.8 1959 109 min 20 views
When Sergeant Okubo’s brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War, Okubo poses as a war ...

7.3
Sudden Rain
IMDb: 7.3 1956 91 min 21 views
A husband and wife’s pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.

7.6
Flowing
IMDb: 7.6 1956 117 min 19 views
Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn’t see any future in her ...

7.6
Floating Clouds
IMDb: 7.6 1955 123 min 23 views
A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. ...

7.7
Sound of the Mountain
IMDb: 7.7 1954 96 min 22 views
An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.

7.1
Wife
IMDb: 7.1 1953 96 min 13 views
Ten years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband’s lack of financial success, meaning she has to work and can’t ...

7.6
Mother
IMDb: 7.6 1952 98 min 18 views
A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother’s attempt to sustain her family.

7.5
Lightning
IMDb: 7.5 1952 87 min 16 views
The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunctional family who have been trying to arrange a ...

7.4
The Quiet Duel
IMDb: 7.4 1949 95 min 22 views
Toshirō Mifune plays a young idealistic doctor who works at his father’s (Takashi Shimura) clinic in a small and seedy district. During the ...

7.6
Drunken Angel
IMDb: 7.6 1948 98 min 15 views
Doctor Sanada treats gangster Matsunaga after he is wounded in a gunfight, and discovers that he is suffering from tuberculosis. Sanada tries to ...