Movies: Mitsuko Sawamura

A leading postwar Japanese film critic and theorist who co-founded the seminal film magazine Eiga Hihyo (Film Criticism) in 1957, Eizo Yamagiwa made his directorial debut with this independent feature—long thought lost until a negative was recently d...

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A hilarious comedy where newly appointed teacher Oyae shows off her unusual plays as she fights alone against a group of five bad boys....

Shozo, a personnel manager nearing retirement, had three daughters around their age. The eldest daughter, Naoko, is the brilliant type, the second daughter, Maki, is the manly type, and the third daughter, Momoko, is the tomboyish type....

This short promotional film provides a behind-the-scenes look at "The Teahouse of the August Moon" (1956)....

In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead....

Chuck Rodwell is a gambling cowboy who discovers that he's lucky at the roulette wheel if he holds hands with dancer Marie. However, Marie doesn't like to hold hands with him, at least not in the beginning......