Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she’s a hostess on the Ginza, 30,…
A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When…
Anzukko (Little Peach) is the daughter of a successful writer. She turns down each one…
Kiyoko (Takamine Hideko) and her husband want to open a coffee shop. She becomes increasingly…
A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets…
What is the life of a Geisha like once her beauty has faded and she…
An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights…
A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.
Okoma, a witty young woman working as a conductor in an old, rickety bus in…
The Whole Family Works, Mikio Naruse’s adaptation of a Sunao Tokunaga novel, feels more of…