Yoko Benisawa
Late Spring
as Teahouse ProprietressNoriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to...
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Crazed Fruit
as uncreditedTwo brothers compete for the amorous favors of a young woman during a seaside summer of...
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Victory of Women
as uncreditedRepresenting a destitute mother in an infanticide trial, a female lawyer attempts to convince a...
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The Ball at the Anjo House
as uncreditedAfter Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their...
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A Slope in the Sun
as YonekoThe young Takako Kuramoto has come to Tokyo to study and starts working for the rich Tashiro...
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Boyhood
as uncreditedWhen a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.
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A Chain of Islands
as Aunt ToyoWhen a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine...
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The Balloon
as LandladyHaruki Murakami is a successful family man and the head of a camera company. Unbeknownst to...
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Temptation
as OsugiShokichi, the owner of the clothing store, lives with his daughter Hideko and plans to open an...
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Unending Advance
as uncreditedOne of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu,...
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The Incorrigible
as uncreditedBased on the loosely autobiographical novel of the same name by Toko Kon. Ken Yamanouchi stars...
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Age of Nudity
as PTA OfficerThe story deals with a juvenile delinquent gang surviving through petty thievery. However,...
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Born Under Crossed Stars
as uncreditedA young man with a strong sense of justice is torn between two girls: the flighty Taneko and the...
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Season of the Sun
as uncreditedThe film tells the story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days...
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Burden of Love
as Kamenosuke's MotherThe female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a...
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Submarine Number One
as uncreditedThis film begins with a teacher describing to his students how brave the crew was which died as...
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