Michio Okazaki

The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture and the rivalry between theatrical sty...

11 de mai. de 1944

Towards the end of the Second World War, a downed U.S. pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instruction...

22 de nov. de 1961

A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the sit...

09 de jan. de 1953

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to no...

08 de jun. de 1956

Military doctor Leutenant Hanada deserts during the war in the Philippines with a local girl. The officer in command orders Lieutenant Uji to shoot...

03 de fev. de 1954

In this Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign-Language Film, director Heinosuke Gosho -- a master chronicler of Japanese middle-class life -- presen...

27 de fev. de 1957

04 de jan. de 1950

Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who becomes p...

28 de mar. de 1946

A sensitive young woman aged 22 fell in love with a middle aged man who was troubled by his unfaithful wife.

01 de set. de 1957

Yukio, a farm boy, and Toru, a fisherboy, live in a small Japanese village that is periodically threatened by a volcano on one side and tidal waves...

02 de abr. de 1961

Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance Festival by the evil merchant & the chamberlin....

21 de mai. de 1941

A promotional film for the automobile manufacturer Isuzu Jidosha directed by Nagisa Ôshima - an anthology of three stories.

01 de jan. de 1964

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

07 de dez. de 1958

22 de out. de 1962

A family of cats find an abandoned kitten and take him in to their home. But one of the siblings becomes jealous about the attention the new cat ge...

25 de set. de 1947