Masayuki Mori

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The Ball at the Anjo House
7.4

The Ball at the Anjo House

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 ...
Love New and Old
6.9

Love New and Old

Oct. 11, 1961

Love New and Old

A woman brings her injured daughter to the hospital, only to realize that the doctor is the estranged father of her child. Release: Love New and ...
Rashomon
8.2

Rashomon

Aug. 26, 1950

Rashomon

Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, “Rashomon” is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the ...
A Design for Dying
7.1

A Design for Dying

Jun. 28, 1961

A Design for Dying

Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as ...
I’ve Heard the Ammonite Murmur
8.5

I’ve Heard the Ammonite Murmur

Ammonites were a kind of snail-like precursor to today’s mollusks, common in the seas of the Cretaceous period, many millions of years ago. ...
The Heart
7.4

The Heart

Aug. 31, 1955

The Heart

In the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon realizes they share a curiously strained ...
Elegy of the North
6.9

Elegy of the North

Sep. 01, 1957

Elegy of the North

A sensitive young woman aged 22 fell in love with a middle aged man who was troubled by his unfaithful wife. Release: Banka 1957 General: avi | ...
The Bad Sleep Well
8.0

The Bad Sleep Well

Sep. 15, 1960

The Bad Sleep Well

In this loose adaptation of “Hamlet,” illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporation and ...
Floating Clouds
7.7

Floating Clouds

Jan. 15, 1955

Floating Clouds

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. ...
Night Drum
7.3

Night Drum

Apr. 15, 1958

Night Drum

When a married woman has an affair with a young musician, feudal Japanese law requires that both offenders pay with their lives. However, the ...
Sanshiro Sugata Part Two
6

Sanshiro Sugata Part Two

May. 03, 1945

Sanshiro Sugata Part Two

In this government-suggested sequel, Sugata again grows as a judo master, and demonstrates his (and by extension, all Japanese) superiority to ...
The Balloon
7.2

The Balloon

Feb. 19, 1956

The Balloon

Haruki Murakami is a successful family man and the head of a camera company. Unbeknownst to Murakami, his arrogant son oscillates between a ...
Sun Above, Death Below
6.7

Sun Above, Death Below

Oct. 23, 1968

Sun Above, Death Below

Suspense drama about an assassin charged with breaking up a gold smuggling ring, and the contract subsequently purchased against him and his ...
This Way, That Way
7.3

This Way, That Way

Dec. 23, 1952

This Way, That Way

An intellectual couple in a staid and tedious marriage are surprised when the wife’s niece, who has run away from home, turns up ...
Love Letter
7.2

Love Letter

Dec. 13, 1953

Love Letter

A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people. Release: Koibumi AKA Love ...
Forever a Woman
7.8

Forever a Woman

Nov. 23, 1955

Forever a Woman

Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man who shows a low self esteem, shares her family life with her asleep vocation as a ...
Brother and Sister
7.3

Brother and Sister

Aug. 19, 1953

Brother and Sister

The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata, which causes a scandal ...
Alone on the Pacific
7.0

Alone on the Pacific

Oct. 27, 1963

Alone on the Pacific

Kenichi Horie is determined to challenge his family, the law and the nature crossing the Pacific to America in a small sailboat. Despite his ...
The Idiot
7.3

The Idiot

May. 23, 1951

The Idiot

Kameda, who has been in an asylum on Okinawa, travels to Hokkaido. There he becomes involved with two women, Taeko and Ayako. Taeko comes to love ...
Ugetsu
8.3

Ugetsu

Mar. 26, 1953

Ugetsu

In the civil wars of 16th century Japan, two ambitious peasants in Nakanogo want to make their fortunes. The potter Genjuro intends to sell his ...