Chieko Nakakita
1944
The Most Beautiful
Young women at a precision optics factory in wartime Japan push to exceed production quota…
1946
No Regrets for Our Youth
After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repr…
1946
Those Who Make Tomorrow
In postwar Japan, two sisters—a film studio script girl and a revue dancer—become swept up…
1947
One Wonderful Sunday
Two broke sweethearts wander war-scarred Tokyo on a single Sunday, stretching 35 yen as th…
1948
Drunken Angel
In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with…
1949
The Quiet Duel
A young army surgeon, Kyoji Fujisaki, accidentally contracts syphilis during a WWII field…
1951
Repast
In post-WWII Osaka, a middle-aged woman is forced to examine her dreary life and marriage…
1955
Floating Clouds
A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a…