Toshiko Kobayashi

A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.

The plans of a trio of burglars are continually thwarted by the arrival of visitors to the house they plan to rob.

A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal when she’s seen with her intense, ...

From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events ...

When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.