Shūji Sano

A family chooses a match for their daughter Noriko, but she, surprisingly, has her own plans.

A schoolteacher struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, having neither money nor future prospects.

A man returns from World War II to find his desperate wife had resorted to one night of prostitution to pay for their son's hospital bills.

A girl who had left her home village for life in Tokyo returns to her home years later, and evokes a scandal when the locals discover that she's a stripper.

Mokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple since the war. All three daughters become involved in some sort of complicated relationships.

This wry chamber piece from director Mikio Naruse focuses on a couple whose pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.

An uplifting drama about the bond between a group of high school seniors and their kind-hearted teacher, Mr. Yabuki.