Search results for "Chikage Awashima"
Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion
IMDb: 6.6
145

During the 1200’s, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of moral crisis and prepare to fight Mongol invaders by creating a new form of…

Marital Relations

Marital Relations

Marital Relations
IMDb: 7.1
121

The story of a couple, a spoiled son and a down-to-earth girl, in Osaka in the early Showa era. The film won the prestigious Blue Ribbon awards for best director,…

Genre: Drama
Girls of the Night

Girls of the Night

Girls of the Night
IMDb: 7.3
92

In the late 1950’s prostitution was banned in Japan and if a woman was found exercising this profession they were sent to a reformatory. This is a story of one…

Genre: Drama
Bridge of Japan

Bridge of Japan

Bridge of Japan
IMDb: 7.1
112

Ichikawa’s 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic melodramas—and re-evaluate it as a tanbi-ha…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Always in My Heart Part 3

Always in My Heart Part 3

Always in My Heart Part 3
IMDb: 6
125

Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. They finally meet again, but Haruki departs to Europe.

Genre: Drama
Always in My Heart Part 2

Always in My Heart Part 2

Always in My Heart Part 2
IMDb: 6
120

Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.

Genre: Drama
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
IMDb: 8.5
206

During the Second World War, Japanese conscientious objector Kaji works as a supervisor in a Manchurian prison camp. He hopes to avoid duty as a soldier, but he also hopes…

Genre: Drama, History, War
Early Spring

Early Spring

Early Spring
IMDb: 7.8
144

A young salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.

Genre: Drama
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice
IMDb: 7.7
115

A childless middle-aged couple faces a marital crisis of sorts.

Genre: Drama
Early Summer

Early Summer

Early Summer
IMDb: 8.2
135

In postwar Tokyo, Noriko, still single at the advanced age of 28, lives contentedly in an extended family household that includes her parents and her brother’s family. An uncle’s visit…

Genre: Drama
Children of Nagasaki

Children of Nagasaki

Children of Nagasaki
IMDb: 6.7
126

August 9, 1945. An atomic bomb drops on Urakami, Nagasaki at 11:02am. The story of Dr. Nagai and his family.

Genre: Drama
An Inlet of Muddy Water

An Inlet of Muddy Water

An Inlet of Muddy Water
IMDb: 7.2
130

Three short tales from stories by Ichiyo Higuchi. In one, a young woman is degraded by her family after an arranged marriage. Another deals with the troubles heaped upon a…

Genre: Drama, History