Hatae Kishi

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki

A period film about a peasant revolt in the region near Mount Fuji, occasioned by high officials' depriving the farmers of their water rights.

1950 Japanese movie

The struggle of a young man and boys who try to create the environment where they can speak their minds freely.

Five boys escape from their life of bondage on an island 10 miles off Hiroshima, and are picked up in the Inland Sea, drifting in an open boat.

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a...

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

Onna Hitori Daichi wo Yuku (A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land, Kinuta Production, 1953) was the second feature film directed by Kamei Fumio, who is...

A semidocumentary film about female pearl divers and fishermen.

Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform.

The film shows the bombing of Hiroshima and the horrific aftermath following the detonation of an atomic bomb on humans for the first time in history.

About the struggles of day labourers to achieve dignity and a standard of living above the starvation level. Utilising the Zenshinza theatrical...

1948 Japanese drama film.

The Stormy Era of Twenty Years

Adaptation of the original story by Hida Yoshiro, whose depiction of the world of the yakuza is unparalleled. Gisuke, a weather-beaten yakuza with...

A woman remarries after receiving official notification that her husband has died, but he returns.