Ken Uehara

Iemon Tamiya is an impovershed masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is ...

Set in the Taishō period of Japan (dating from 1912 to 1926), Untamed follows the fiery Oshima (in a superbly eccentric performance by Takamine) ...

This film features a large extended family (and associates) even more extensive than the one portrayed by Ozu in “End of Summer”. The ...

Story of famed Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, with an emphasis on her working relationship with director Kenji Mizoguchi. Release: Actress 1987 ...

In 1980, a giant planetoid named Gorath is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. Even though it is smaller than Earth, its mass is ...

A man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger sister. The younger sister’s a modern girl ...

What is the life of a Geisha like once her beauty has faded and she has retired? Kin has saved her money, and has become a wealthy money-lender, ...

Gosho’s most celebrated film both in Japan and the West, Where Chimneys Are Seen is perhaps the most compelling example of his concern for, ...

A wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their superstitious beliefs about their son’s illness. ...

The few residents left on the streets in Tokyo share their individual stories and come to understand the melancholy of saying goodbye. Release: ...

A young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she’s got a secret: she’s a widow with a son. Kozo and ...

An affluent medical professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokio, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Setsuko is a ...

An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman. Release: Sound of ...