Akio Isono

Hibari's Circus: The Sad Little Dove

Mariko studies at a missionary school in Shinshu. She drops out of school and joins her father on a …

The Tokyo Kid

A young, talented singer (Misora) is orphaned, not once but twice, and has to turn to a rather unlik…

Odoru ryûgûjô

The Woman Who Holds the Key

Shochiku melodrama about the loves of the humble people living in the poor tenement called the Ryuhe…

Dawn Chorus

Okinu and Banto

A story of a store that makes Tabi socks.…

The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi

Following a young man through his childhood ambition to follow his father into the military to losin…

Five Siblings

A businessman runs afoul of the law and commits suicide, leaving behind a wife and five children. Th…

Mother and Child

The movie follows a young woman (Kinuyo Tanaka), a daughter of a high-ranking businessman and his ne…