From Tokyo Hassei Studios

A "slice-of life" film about a group of high school girls in 1940s Japan.

The year is 1936. Ōhinata-mura was a very poor village between deep valleys. Soncho, the village head is trying to collect the village taxes from...

A fatherless boy's mother passes him from one aunt to another.

A film that begins with wit and comedy when a husband tries to hide and mask his drinking, which his Jesus freak and very Christian wife dislikes, by...

A female doctor's story of her life in an isolated leper colony.

Based on an original story by Yojiro Ishizaka, this well-made drama is set in a Christian school in a beautiful northern harbor town. Teacher Masaki...

An episodic film about life in and around a rural police station and the people it serves.

Drama about a young nurse who falls in love with a disabled soldier, and based a true story.

Venice Film Festival 1939