Chishû Ryû

Kôji Mitsui

Kunio Teshirogi

Fumiko Okamura

A Hen in the Wind

A Hen in the Wind (1948)

Takahiro Tamura

Toshio Takahara

Shizue Natsukawa

Twenty-Four Eyes

Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)

Sumiko Mizukubo

Nobuo Takemura

Tokiko is an office typist who is more pleased at catching the owner's son attention than he knows. That's because her real boyfriend is Joji, a washed up boxer turned gangster and her employer is a great opportunity to milk him for them both. However, when Kazuko, the innocent sister of Hiroshi, a hopeful new member of the gang, comes to Joji to plead with him to send Hiroshi away, the gangster is warmly affected by her. However, Tokiko is jealous and determined to win Joji back no matter what the cost while Joji has his own decisions to make about his life.—Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)

Dragnet Girl

Dragnet Girl (1933)

Shin Saburi

Shûji Sano

A father and his son, a son and his father. Horikawa is a widower, a teacher, and a good father to Ryohei, who's about 10. After a tragedy, Horikawa resigns from teaching and takes Ryohei from Tokyo to the town of Ueno, enrolling him in junior high; to the lad's sorrow, he will be a boarder. Horikawa returns to work in Tokyo, their separation is complete. Jump ahead more than ten years: with dad's help, Ryohei has finished college and has a teaching job in Akita. Horikawa considers living with his son, which Ryohei wants, but the elder's notions of duty and hard work preclude it. Ryohei arranges a ten-day vacation with his father. Heartbreak comes quietly, nearly hidden by dignity.—

There Was a Father

There Was a Father (1942)

Werner Herzog

Chris Marker

Yûharu Atsuta

Wim Wenders travels to Japan in search of the Tokyo seen in the films of Yasujirô Ozu. Ozu's own Tokyo Story (1953) is a helpful (but not mandatory) pre-requisite to seeing Tokyo-Ga (1985).—Anonymous

Tokyo-Ga

Tokyo-Ga (1985)

Jun Yokoyama

Eiko Takamatsu

Seiichi Katô

In 1923, in the province of Shinshu, the widow and simple worker of a silk factory Tsune Nonomiya (O-Tsune) decides to send her only son to Tokyo for having a better education. Thirteen years later, she visits her son Ryosuke Nonomiya (Shinichi Himori), and finds that he is a poor and frustrated night-school teacher with a wife, Sugiko (Yoshiko Tsubouchi), and a baby boy.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Only Son

The Only Son (1936)

Masayuki Mori

Kyôko Kagawa

Tôru Abe

This valiant melodrama is the brilliant debut as a moviemaker of the great Japanese actress Kinuyo Tanaka, who also has a small role in the story. Based on a screenplay by Keinosuke Kinoshita, "Koibumi" explore the wounds of war, the limits of love and the need to forgive. A sad and troubled man, Reikichi Mayumi (Masayuki Mori), finds a new job five years after the end of WWII. He will write love letters for other people, which was not uncommon in post-war times (remember the starving poet Lope Veiga -Fernando Rey- in Spanish masterpiece "Cielo negro"). His ideas about love and his personal principles will be tested when he reconnects with his former girlfriend, Michiko (Yoshigo Kuga), a woman with a dark past marked by war and the further occupation of her country by the US military forces.—Anonymous

Love Letter

Love Letter (1953)

Tatsuya Nakadai

Minoru Chiaki

Keiko Kishi

A tea master and his daughter Ogin are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with a married feudal prince who shares her faith. When the Shogun bans Christianity, the situation worsens.

Love Under the Crucifix

Love Under the Crucifix (1962)

Chieko Baishô

Hisao Dazai

Hisashi Igawa

Tora-San, an eccentric and resourceful tramp, is always cheerful. Although he is an orphan, he decides to go back home after a long absence. He thus sees again his sister Sakura Suwa, who has bloomed into a pretty young lady. After a while, Tora-San agrees to go with her to an interview with the family of one of her suitors. But that is without counting Tora-San's terrible clumsiness. His cheeky humor, for instance, is not fully appreciated by the family. The wedding is canceled and Tora-San takes the road again...—Guy Bellinger

Tora-san's Runaway

Tora-san's Runaway (1970)

Machiko Kyô

Kyôko Enami

Eiji Funakoshi

A film adaptation of the autobiography of Aishinkakura Hiro, who lived a tumultuous life as the consort of Fuketsu, the younger brother of Emperor Puyi of Manchukuo.

Ruten no ôhi

Ruten no ôhi (1960)

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Tora-San's Cherished Mother

Tora-San's Cherished Mother (1969)

Shôji Yasui

Kô Mishima

Kinuyo Tanaka

Mokichi is the widower father of three daughters, with whom he has been living on the premises of a temple since the war. All three daughters become involved in varied complicated relationships. The sisters and their attached men are deliberately designed as allegorical figures on the changing social conditions.—Maniac_In_Black

The Moon Has Risen

The Moon Has Risen (1955)

Jun Hamamura

After winning big at the races, Torajiro wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii to partly pay the great filial debt he feels he owes them, but the plan hits a snag. Also, a pretty kindergarten teacher rents a room at Toraya.

Tora-san's Grand Scheme

Tora-san's Grand Scheme (1970)

Takashi Shimura

Tora-san's Love Call

Tora-san's Love Call (1971)

Tsunehiko Kamijô

After Hiroshi is injured in a workplace accident, Torajiro gives Sakura the money he has saved and leaves to work as a traveling salesman once again. During his travels, Torajiro meets a father who shares a drink with him. In the morning, Torajiro is shocked to learn that the man has left his baby behind and a note asking Tora to take care of the child.

Tora-san's Lullaby

Tora-san's Lullaby (1974)

Akira Terao

Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was embarrassed. After a fight with his family, he goes to a bar to drink, then brings home a surly old man with a sad story, whose identity will surprise everyone. Later, Tora meets Botan, a geisha.

Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset

Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (1976)

When Tora-san's infatuation with his nephew's school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his travels again. When he returns, he falls in love with the teacher's mother, who has a terminal illness.

Tora-san's Heart of Gold

Tora-san's Heart of Gold (1976)

Keiju Kobayashi

Tora-san returns to his family's shop in Shibamata, Tokyo to find himself accused of being the father of a 17-year-old girl. It turns out that Tora-san had only given help to the girl's mother after her husband had left her. Tora-san becomes infatuated with the female archeology student who is staying with his family, and attempts to take up intellectual pursuits to get near her.—patriot

Tora-san, the Intellectual

Tora-san, the Intellectual (1975)

Hiroshi Murai

Tora visits his family after a year. After a misunderstanding he gets upset and leaves to end up in the countryside. On the way he meets Lily and they feel a connection. Sometime later Tora meets Lily again and she spends some time together.—lievebees

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