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- DirectorBuntarô FutagawaStarsTsumasaburô BandôMisao SekiUtako TamakiThe story of a decent samurai who is widely considered a scum and a criminal. His bad luck and numerous misunderstandings drag him down the social ladder straight to the gutter.
- DirectorTeinosuke KinugasaStarsMasuo InoueAyako IijimaYoshie NakagawaA man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.
- DirectorDaisuke ItôStarsDenjirô ÔkôchiHideo NakamuraKichiji NakamuraTrilogy about the travels of the kindly bakuto Kunisada Chuji. Film depicts Chuji's attempt to save the geisha Oshina, a rebellion against the rigid social structure of Edo Japan. Part 3. "The Chuji Patrol"
- DirectorDaisuke ItôStarsRyûnosuke TsukigataHiroshi KanekoMisao SekiIn medieval Japan, a brutal and corrupt magistrate is planning to kill the child who is about to become the heir to the estate and position of the local lord and substitute his own "heir", an orphan, in order to get control of the late lord's estate and rule as the impostor's "regent". However, a mysterious stranger appears and sets out to thwart the magistrate's plans and free the people from his oppressive rule.
- DirectorHeinosuke GoshoStarsAtsushi WatanabeKinuyo TanakaMitsuko IchimuraA writer struggles to finish his story against many distractions, but the jazz party next door proves to be too much.
- DirectorKenji MizoguchiTakuaki SeiryôStarsTokihiko OkadaIchirô SugaiBontarô MiakeThe tragic tale of a woman who despite doing good where she can gets punished by society.
- DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsTakeshi SakamotoNobuko FushimiDen ÔhinataTwo Tokyo co-workers come across a destitute young lady in search of a place to live.
- DirectorTomu UchidaStarsEiji NakanoIsamu KosugiTaisuke MatsumotoItami, a young policeman, meets his high school friend, Tetsuo, a gangster, at a roadblock. As they rekindled their friendship, a complex relationship is established between them.
- DirectorYasujirô ShimazuStarsKinuyo TanakaKôkichi TakadaTatsuo SaitôSasuke loves Okoto, a blind musician. When she befalls a terrible disfigurement Sasuke can't bare it which escalates into a shocking climax.
- DirectorMikio NaruseStarsSachiko ChibaYuriko HanabusaToshiko ItôWhen she reaches adulthood, a precocious young woman sets out to find her biological father, who, as her mother tells her, abandoned them for another woman.
- DirectorHiroshi ShimizuStarsKen UeharaRyuji IshiyamaEinosuke NakaA friendly bus driver and his passengers over the duration of one journey through the mountains to the nearest train station.
- DirectorMansaku ItamiStarsChiezô KataokaShôsaku SugiyamaSôjin KamiyamaAkanishi Kakita moved from the countryside to a big city. Although he comes from the samurai class, he now lives in poverty among the common people in times of rebellion, but the failed Kakita is not skilled in martial arts.
- DirectorSadao YamanakaStarsChôjûrô KawarasakiKan'emon NakamuraTsuruzô NakamuraThe lives of two slum neighbors, one of a happy-go-lucky gambler and the other of a poor ronin, converge when the two get involved with the affairs of a powerful samurai official and his gangsters.
- DirectorTomotaka TasakaStarsIsamu KosugiBontarô MiakeIchirô IzawaA patrol of Japanese troops in China goes on a patrol into enemy territory in this realistic ,if propagandistic, war drama.
- DirectorMasahiro Makino
- DirectorRoy Del RuthStarsNelson EddyRisë StevensNigel BruceMaria and Karl Lang are the singing duo of Vienna. Maria is very flirtatious and Karl very jealous. Karl decides to masquerade as a Russian guardsman and attempts to make Maria flirt with him - to test her loyalty to him. As the Russian, Karl makes a vigorous attempt to seduce Maria. For a moment she accepts then rejects him. Karl is left in turmoil.
- DirectorMasahiro MakinoStarsChiezô KataokaRyôsuke KagawaTakashi ShimuraOharu is in love with a ronin who lives next door. A mistake puts Oharu's father deeply in debt to the local lord and he is confronted with having to sell Oharu in order to pay it off.
- DirectorOsamu FushimizuStarsKazuo HasegawaShirley YamaguchiTomiko HattoriWartime propaganda filmed by the Japanese in occupied China, Shirley Yamaguchi portrays an orphan rescued from the streets by a kindly Japanese merchant marine officer. Part spy thriller and part Shanghai travelogue, it was part of a popular series known as "Chinese Continental Friendship" made by the occupying Japanese in China.
- DirectorSatsuo YamamotoStarsJôji OkaTakako IrieRanko Hanai
- DirectorKajirô YamamotoStarsDenjirô ÔkôchiYatarô KurokawaSetsuko HaraWhen a boy who is in the navy college returns home for vacation he meets his young cousin who also wants to join in order to become a pilot. However, the younger man's mother is antagonistic knowing the folly of war. When the younger man recruits his cousin to speak to the mother the enlisted man is successful and the mother relents. The younger cousin is soon in the navy and training to become a pilot. He graduates too, but one night loses his friend yet has no time to reflect on the event as japan draws nearer to war with the West. The pilot and his fellow pilots are told to embark on a mission, but initially not told their purpose or destination. Only later it is revealed that the destination is Hawaii, USA. Pearl Habour looms.
- DirectorKeisuke KinoshitaStarsChishû RyûKen MitsudaKazumasa HoshinoA widow raises her sickly son to be strong enough to join the army and fight on the front lines.
- DirectorYasuki ChibaStarsRanko AkagiEtchanToshiko Fujima