Masao Shimizu
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
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…
1952
Ikiru
Kanji Watanabe is a middle-aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic pos…
1952
The Life of Oharu
During the Edo Period, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page sig…
1953
Gate of Hell
Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa du…