Mitsuko Miura

A Japanese family weathers much hardship after their military uncle comes to live with them during WWII. Release: Morning for the Osone Family ...

A drama depicting a girl’s suffering from prenatal radiation damage caused by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Release: Naked Shadow 1964 ...

The critical establishment was clearly not prepared to accept a woman’s prison film featuring former prostitutes recovering from venereal ...

Produced over a two-year period, Kenji Mizoguchi’s version of the oft-filmed Seika Mayama story The 47 Ronin was too big to be confined to ...

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

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

A socially committed film about the feudal state of many Japanese women in 1946. Hiroko Hosokawa, a female lawyer, defends Mrs. Asakura, who ...

Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Their love life comes to a sudden halt after an ...

A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching methods. Release: Nobuko 1940 DVDRip ...