Yasujiro Ozu's Films

Ishimatsu is out of jail and wants to rebuild his life. But his brother, Sakichi, and his old partners are not going to allow it.

Okada and Kato, students at 'W' [i.e. Waseda] University, in Tokyo, live in the same lodgings. One morning, Kato receives a tailor's bill. Okada has seen the letter arrive, so Kato tells him it's from his girlfriend. Shortly after, the tailor himself turns up and eventually spends the whole day sitting in at the students' lodgings. Okada, meanwhile, goes to the park with his girlfriend Miyoko and spends a pleasant day there. The following Sunday, Kato goes for a walk with his girlfriend Yuriko. Coming home by bus, they bump into the tailor, who berates Kato about the unpaid bill. This puts Yuriko in a bad mood. Later, the tailor comes to their lodgings again, and, unable to stand up to his pressing demands, Kato gives him Okada's clothes, which are in the next room, in place of the money he owes. Okada's father is due to arrive on a visit to Tokyo, so Okada has no alternative but to borrow Kato's clothes, which do not fit him. Miyoko arrives, then Yuriko also turns up. Misunderstandings ensue. But in the end, the two couples go on to enjoy the pleasant days of youth.

A married man falls for a dancer and his wife's uncle hires a private detective to spy on him.

A hen-pecked man works as his artist wife's model and a house-husband. When her patron flirts with her and humiliates him, he decides to get revenge by trying his own hand as a painter.

Two friends try and court the same woman.

A simple story of two friends who live together in a poor tenement and who share about everything in life, until they gallantly rescue a woman injured in a road accident.

Feeling the position to be beneath him, a college graduate turns down a receptionist job, but soon finds it necessary to fool his mother and fiancé into thinking that he is employed.

A kidnapped boy proves to be more than his abductor can handle.

A desperate man with a sick daughter decides to commit a robbery in order to help her. He begins to feel remorse though, which makes him question his decision.

A small-time hood wants to go straight for a good girl but finds that starting over isn't as simple as it sounds.

A story of a college student (Tatsuo Saitô) and his schoolmates trying to pass the exams by cheating.

A bearded kendo champion has difficulties in life because of his conservative ways and his unusual beard.

Two people are fascinated by a sculptor's statue.

A married Tokyo man faces unemployment after standing up for an older colleague.

Two young brothers throw a tantrum when they discover that their father isn't the most important man in his workplace.

When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs.