Movies: Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Based on the mystery novel of the same name by Seichō Matsumoto....

A widow works as an insurance seller to raise her three children...

An aging geisha, whose angry teenage son is ashamed of her profession, works alongside a young geisha, resentful of her family for forcing her into a life of ignominy....

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Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost....

1930. In splendid snowy settings, the trials and pain of a woman married to a man who maintains a relationship with their servant....

Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in postwar Japan....

Hibari Misora plays Yoshiko, the popular daughter of a fish market owner. After discovering that she was adopted, she sets out to help her biological father who has fallen victim to an evil plot orchestrated by those who would take over his successfu...

Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of delinquents and yakuza....

Machiko falls in love with a mysterious man, but her family wants something different for her....

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant....

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The movie follows a young woman (Kinuyo Tanaka), a daughter of a high-ranking businessman and his neglected mistress, as she struggles to ease her mother's loneliness, while also having an affair with her father's subordinate....

A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki Junichiro....

The story of a sailor who begins a love affair with a woman he saves from suicide....

The story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his university's rugby team. The son of a wealthy soy sauce manufacturer, Fuji basks in the glory of his athletic celebrity. Attracting the attention of admiring youn...

The story focuses on the widower Nemoto, ostensibly a businessman, who has one son, Kanichi, the hero of the title. Nemoto remarries; his new wife is a widow with a son and daughter of her own. However, Nemoto’s business turns out to be out a shady s...

A story of Minako who struggles finding love and peace in life. When Minako’s hope for ultimate happiness, marriage to her beloved fiancé, comes to a sudden halt, Minako finds herself in search of new love which in turn leads her into a complicated l...

Silent comedic short by Mikio Naruse...

1939 Japanese movie...