Chieko Murata

After Japan’s loss in the war, the wealthy, cultured, liberal Anjo family have to give up their mansion and their way of life. They hold ...

Kanji is a poor peasant widower who struggles to earn a living for his daughter and himself and to pay off his father-in-law’s debts. ...

In a rural neighborhood of Tokyo, the owner of a farm is abandoned by his two daughters who are attracted to the life of the big city. Release: ...

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not ...

A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it. A Japanese variation of the “Moby ...

The story revolves around a young man appointed to rescue a troubled hospital, and who must choose between two women, a dedicated nurse or a ...

Tokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband’s return from the war when her 4-year old son becomes ill. She takes him to the doctor ...

Clothes of Deception initiated Yoshimura’s most characteristic vein. This geisha story is often described as a loose remake of ...

Mikio Naruse’s second adaptation of a novel by Fumiko Hayashi stars Hideko Takamine, the director’s frequent muse, as bus conductress ...

Diary of a Mad Old Man is the journal of Utsugi, a seventy-seven-year-old man of refined tastes who is recovering from a stroke. He discovers ...

Black Snow tells the tale of a disturbed young man who, after spying on his mother with a black serviceman, finds himself unable to attain sexual ...