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.

A young wife looses patience with her career-minded husband and returns to her parents' home while an unpaid mortgage forces the couple to rent out their home for the summer to the husband's boss.

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