Kuniko Igawa

The River Fuefuki (1960)

In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to escape his miserable condition, being soon followed by h ...

Hiroi Ten (1959)

A boy, who is separated from his mother in an air raid, endures suffering and grief alongside his kind uncle. ...

Whistling in the Morning (1959)

Minoru delivered newspapers to earn money for high school, but when his mother came down with illness he decided to use this money for her doctor's bill and gave up going to high school. His friends heard about this, and they donated money to his mother. S ...

The Snow Flurry (1959)

After surviving the double suicide pact she made with her lover, a woman gives birth to their child. ...

Times of Joy and Sorrow (1957)

The story of the trials and tribulations of a lighthouse keeper and his wife. ...

Jonan Yashiki (1956)

Next Door to Happiness (1955)

The Nakata family, father, mother, son Hideo, and daughters Taeko and Akiko live in the poorer section of modern Tokyo. Their troubles start when the father leaves with another woman, returns after he is rejected, and leaves again with the family's money. ...

The Tattered Wings (1955)

A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal when she's seen with her intense, no-nonsense childhood sweetheart. ...

Zenigata Heiji: Ghost Lord (1954)

Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)

From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and personal circumstances. ...

The Garden of Women (1954)

A student at a woman's university takes a controversial action against the school's old-fashioned doctrines. ...

Haru no Wakakusa (1954)

Love Letter (1953)

Five years after the end of the Second World War, Reikichi, a repatriated veteran, translates love letters for Japanese women to American GIs, while searching for his lost love, Michiko. ...

Otome no shinsatsu-shitsu (1953)

1953 Japanese movie ...

Bored Hatamoto: The Imposter (1952)

Around the Genroku era, there was a man named Saotome Shusui-no-Suke, nephew to the senior councilor Matsudaira Sakon Shogen. He was commonly known as the Bored Samurai of the Hatamoto rank. Just as he was engulfed in boredom, Tokugawa Jo-Kaibo, claiming t ...

Early Summer (1951)

In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, her more traditional family worries about her single marital status at the advanced age of 28. 40-year-old business associate Takako proposes, Nori ...

Carmen Comes Home (1951)

A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware that she has become a Westernized burlesque artist. ...

Hirenge (1950)

A 1950 film by director 原研吉. ...

Probation (1950)

Probation (1950) ...

First Love Questions and Answers (1950)

The Portrait (1948)

The mistress of a crook real estate broker comes to terms with her soulless existence after an artist paints her portrait. ...

Rira no hana wasureji (1947)

In the 30th year, Nirasaki Den'emon established the Nirasaki Hokkaido Development Company with investment from Sonoi to build railway facilities. However, the endeavor faced criticism for attempting to buy Ainu land at low prices. Tokyo Nippo reporter Tosh ...

Marriage (1947)

In postwar Japan a young woman is unable to marry her sweetheart because her family's in difficult circumstances and needs her income to keep afloat. ...

The Girl I Loved (1946)

A young man who is unable to tell his childhood friend how he feels makes a pledge with her to reveal all of their secrets during the upcoming festival. ...

Victory of Women (1946)

Representing a destitute mother in an infanticide trial, a female lawyer attempts to convince a conservative prosecutor of the benefits of Japan's democratized post-war legal system. ...

Jubilation Street (1944)

The few residents left on the streets in Tokyo share their individual stories and come to understand the melancholy of saying goodbye. ...

The Living Magoroku (1943)

A wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their superstitious beliefs about their son's illness. ...

Dance of the Capital (1942)

Hiromasa Nomura World War II era film ...

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family (1941)

After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to move in with one of the former's children, each of whom is scarcely happy to accommodate. ...

Torrent of a Big City (1940)

A young yakuza student is led back to the straight and narrow path by his uncle. ...

Kinuyo's First Love (1940)

Kinuyo is a daughter of rice cracker shop in downtown. She fell in love with her sister's boyfriend. It is a story whose theme is warm human relationships in a town of customs and manners. ...