ShÅ«ji Sano – MRQE

The Horse Boy

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the child, now a stable boy, is reunited with his father, but feudal codes threaten their happiness. Uchidas poignant masterpiece condemns the inflexible class system and launches an indictment of values that favor symbolic objects over human life. The films focus is on character rather than swordplay, and charged performancesespecially child actor Motoharu Uekiadd to the emotional power.

Haru no yuki

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Melodrama that lovingly portrays working people who live in poverty but righteously. Kosaburo Yoshimura, the master of “women’s films,” cast Yasuko Fujita, an unknown newcomer, in the leading role for this masterpiece about the joy of love. The Yoshikawa family is a typical small town family. With only the father’s and daughter’s salaries to support the family’s six members, life is not easy.

Hishu monogatari

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A rookie golfer must cope with the stress of fame after a marketing executive transforms her into a sports celebrity.

Tsuki wa noborinu

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Mokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple since the war. In the film all three daughters become involved in some sort of complicated relationships. The sisters and their attached Men are deliberately designed as allegorical figures on the changing social conditions. A wonderfully funny, sometimes droll comedy between Nara and Tokyo, Adagio and Allegro, Yesterday and Today – in search of a morning.

Karumen kokyo ni kaeru

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A girl who’d left her hometown for the exciting adventure of the big city returns home years later for a visit, soon somehow causing scandal.

Kaze no naka no mendori

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Tokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband’s return from the war when her 4-year old son becomes ill. She takes him to the doctor for treatment but has no way of paying. She resorts to prostitution. One month later her husband returns from WWII to find his desperate wife, who tells him the truth. Together they must deal with the consequences.

Chichi ariki

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

Shukujo wa nani o wasureta ka

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokio, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Despite being a minor, Setsuko is a liberated woman who does whatever she wants, including smoking. She even convinces Koyima to take her to a geisha house. When she gets rather tipsy, the professor calls Okada, one of his students, to take her home. The wife becomes suspicious of Setsuko when she sees Okada bringing her home.