Tokyo Hassei Movies

A "slice-of life" film about a group of high school girls in 1940s Japan.

The year is 1936. Ōhinata-mura was a very poor village between deep valleys. Soncho, the village head is trying to collect the village taxes...

A female doctor's story of her life in an isolated leper colony.

A fatherless boy's mother passes him from one aunt to another.

Drama about a young nurse who falls in love with a disabled soldier, and based a true story.

A film that begins with wit and comedy when a husband tries to hide and mask his drinking, which his Jesus freak and very Christian wife dislikes, by...

Venice Film Festival 1939

Based on an original story by Yojiro Ishizaka, this well-made drama is set in a Christian school in a beautiful northern harbor town. Teacher Masaki...

An episodic film about life in and around a rural police station and the people it serves.