Chōko Iida

Maria of the Ant Village

Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young …

Holiday in Japan

Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.…

The Naked Sun

A young, struggling couple are making every sacrifice so they will one day in the not-too-distant-fu…

The Rickshaw Man

A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband die…

On Wings of Love

On Wings of Love is a 1957 Japanese romantic musical film directed by Toshio Sugie. It was Toho's hi…

The Eleventh Hour

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest …

The Beauty Expert

Yellow Crow

Ichiro Yoshida, the father of the boy Kiyoshi, who has been repatriated from China, returns home aft…

Stepbrothers

In a military family, an illegitimate son is brutalized by his brothers. A patriarchal, feudalistic …