Post War Japan Filmes

Set in post-war Japan, The Lady of Musashino tells the story of Michiko, a disillusioned young woman trapped in a loveless marriage. She confides in...

A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.

In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.

Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.

A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.

After the war, Kijima (Bunta Sugawara) returns to Tokyo where he meets Ôba (Noboru Andô), an Ex-Kamikaze pilot, and the two ruffians...

Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal spring.

Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and clean for her husband.

A budding gangster enthralls a freeloading young woman, soon taking advantage of her knack for hitch-hiking to rob middle-class, middle-aged men.

After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to...

Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat.

In a warehouse area at night, a drunk chief engineer is stabbed to death by someone who whistles. After the break of dawn, two seamen join the crew...

A newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo at night by walking and observing it. He gets...

A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife. He...

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...

Japan, 1948: Hiroki Matsukata stars as a man facing a nine year prison sentence. He incites prisoners of Shimane Prison to the biggest riot in jail...

When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences.

Haruki Murakami is a successful family man and the head of a camera company. Unbeknownst to Murakami, his arrogant son oscillates between a mistress...

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,...

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.