Kokuten Kōdō
1943
Sanshiro Sugata
A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading br…
1945
Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two
A few years after his breakthrough, Sanshiro resumes his path to judo mastery—testing his…
1946
No Regrets for Our Youth
After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repr…
1949
Stray Dog
A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a ho…
1950
Scandal
A celebrity photograph sparks a court case as a tabloid magazine spins a scandalous yarn o…
1951
Early Summer
In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career an…
1951
The Idiot
A gentle, war-shattered ex-soldier, Kinji Kameda, arrives in wintry Hokkaidō and is pulled…