Mitsuko Mito Movies

The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’...

A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.

Hibari no komoriuta (ひばりの子守唄, literally "Hibari's Lullaby") is a 1951 black-and-white Japanese film...

Episode in the life of a composer of a popular Japanese song.

Adaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a hospital, depicts the love lives of the director's...

Japanese drama

1949 drama film

Contrast between two outlooks on life: one of a poor factory worker and the other the heir to millions.

Contemporary musical drama film by Yasuzo Masumura.

Like many women after the war, Toshiko works as a chorus girl; her boyfriend Tadashi wishes she'd join him more frequently, but she detests his...

During college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is tested when one of them becomes involved with a woman...

Japanese suspense film.

Suzuko, a woman in her twenties who has a brother with political problems (due to communist reprisals), lives for over five years in a love affair...

A hostile Chinese nurse (Yamaguchi) who works in an orphanage is won over by the care and commitment of the Japanese doctor (Sano) who treats her...

Group of women escape Chinese controlled area for Japanese occupied lands during Pacific War.

A Japanese screwball comedy about the battle between the sexes: two timid men, egged on by their wives, end up in a bitter duel over an expensive...