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An anthology of thirteen patriotic stories about Japanese citizens contributing to the war effort.

Pretty Oshige is deceived by her first love. After this, she lives a hard lifestyle, working at a number of jobs. Her only pleasure is her nephew,...

Three men vying for the same job end up chasing the same girl in this comedy-drama from noted Japanese director Yasujiro Shimazu.

A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the child, now a stable boy, is reunited with his...

Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves.

Based on a radio drama.

The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard. This part is...

1954 Theater of Life adaptation.

1962 Japanese movie

A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.

Otami and daughter Yuri run the Matsuoka, a 150-year-old Japanese-style inn in Tokyo which they plan to renovate into a modern hotel before the...

Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been...

A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.

A melodrama set in Kuroshima.

1962 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie