
6.7
Thus Another Day
IMDb: 6.7 1959 73 min
A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. She returns to her family home while they rent ...

7.8
The Ballad of Narayama
IMDb: 7.8 1958 98 min
In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced ...

6.4
Danger Stalks Near
IMDb: 6.4 1957 79 min
The plans of a trio of burglars are continually thwarted by the arrival of visitors to the house they plan to rob.

6.7
The Tattered Wings
IMDb: 6.7 1955 99 min
A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal when she’s seen with her intense, ...

8
Twenty-Four Eyes
IMDb: 8 1954 156 min
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 ...

7.4
A Japanese Tragedy
IMDb: 7.4 1953 116 min
At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed ...

5.9
Fireworks Over the Sea
IMDb: 5.9 1951 122 min
A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.

6.8
Boyhood
IMDb: 6.8 1951 110 min
When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.

6.8
Wedding Ring
IMDb: 6.8 1950 96 min
A jewelry store president begins to fall for the doctor treating her husband’s illness.

6.9
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
IMDb: 6.9 1949 85 min
Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is ...

6.2
Apostasy
IMDb: 6.2 1948 99 min
In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visiting liberal intellectual.

6.7
Phoenix
IMDb: 6.7 1947 82 min
A Japanese war widow recalls her love affair with her deceased husband.