Hiroshi Shimizu

Mole Alley

33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 1…

Children of the Great Buddha

The final film in the Beehive trilogy, Children of the Great Buddha chronicles war orphans working a…

Under the Blossoming Peach

A picture-story-show operator, accompanies her son, Akira, who lives apart from her, to a hot-spring…

Children of the Beehive: What Happened Next

In Shimizu’s sequel to his 1948 masterpiece, a journalist arrives in the secluded foothills of Izu t…

A Mother's Love

A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.…

娘十八嘘つき時代

Children of the Beehive

A group of war orphans initially seen scratching out an existence through black market work, as they…

Tomorrow There Will Be Fine Weather

Lost for 70 years until 2022, Shimizu’s second postwar film recalls Mr. Thank You as he frames the n…

Victory Song

Hisshoka is a 1945 Drama film directed by four Japanese directors.…