下町
A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of her missing husband.
A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of her missing husband.
山田五十鈴
Riyo Yazawa
三船敏郎
Yoshio Tsuruishi
田中春男
多々良純
淡路恵子
村田知栄子
Masataka Kametani
馬野都留子
沢村いき雄
A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of her missing husband.
Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.
Prostitutes in burnt out Tokyo ghetto of post-WWII Japan peddle their flesh and save one-third of their money for a proposed dancehall to be named Paradise. The hookers live in a bombed-out building, but they accept the precarious situation with typical resolve.
A former American G.I. joins a yakuza family after his release from prison in post-World War II Osaka.
In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence, maintaining tenuous friendships and a semblance of order in a world of chaos. But when a renegade ex-soldier stumbles into their midst, lusts and loyalties clash, with tragic results. With Gate of Flesh, visionary director Seijun Suzuki delivers a whirlwind of social critique and pulp drama, shot through with brilliant colors and raw emotions.
Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
Widower Shuhei Hirayama's caretaker is his 24-year-old daughter, Michiko. Gradually, he comes to realize that Michiko should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.
The neglected common-law wife of a Japanese librarian is repeatedly harassed by a young man with a heart condition who seduces her with the prospect of a better life.
Tokiko patiently awaits her husband's return from WWII when her four-year old son falls ill. She takes him to the doctor but has no means of paying, so she resorts to prostitution. A month later, her husband returns to find his desperate wife, who tells him the truth. Together, they must deal with the consequences.
ความโศกเศร้านำพาให้แม่คนหนึ่งออกเดินทางพร้อมเพื่อนสนิท โดยจุดหมายคือการเผชิญหน้ากับชายที่เธอเชื่อว่าขโมยไอเดียธุรกิจเงินล้านของลูกชายและทำให้เขาต้องฆ่าตัวตาย
An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and self-involved.