Post War Japan Movies

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...

Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.

Based on a celebrated book by Kuniko Mukoda, this film directed by Yasuo Furuhata tells of a close friendship undone by love.

A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.

During the war a university professor meets a girl and marries her. Very soon however, it is apparent that their needs are not matched. He would much...

A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising baseball player to The Toyko Flowers.

Apprentice chef Saori Nakagawa suddenly travels to Tokyo in 1964 to meet Ryuichi Kikuchi, a cook. From Kikuchi who devotes himself to cooking, Saori...

A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of...

The day to day life in an establishment for delinquent teenage girls.

The story of a group of young people who organise their own travelling symphony orchestra to provide music for people living in remote villages...

After the war, Kijima (Bunta Sugawara) returns to Tokyo where he meets Ôba (Noboru Andô), an Ex-Kamikaze pilot, and the two ruffians...

Postwar Japan as it is described by Etsuko, the manager of a bar catering to foreigners in Yokosuka. The way of life of a woman brimming with...

Haruki Murakami is a successful family man and the head of a camera company. Unbeknownst to Murakami, his arrogant son oscillates between a mistress...

A biopic about Japanese baseball player, Tetsuharu Kawakami.

Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.

A story of young people in the immediate aftermath of World War II, their post-war careers, sorrows, and triumphs.

Post-war Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. Adults who are swayed by the US military stationed in the country and swayed by US intentions cannot afford...

Yamagami, who had been working as an engineer at an automobile factory in Manchuria, returns to postwar Tokyo for the first time in five years and is...

After the war, Noboru Ando, a former kamikaze soldier, returns to a devastated Tokyo. Enraged by the violence prevalent in society, he immerses...