Keisuke Kinoshita Movies

When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.

A Japanese family weathers much hardship after their military uncle comes to live with them during WWII.

A demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to work to bolster their income. Their modest dream is...

A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.

Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.

Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.

The story of a teacher who comes to a village on the Inland Sea and the relationship that develops between her and her 12 pupils.

Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as they once were.

1962 Japanese movie

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

A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. His parents are...

A newspaper reporter investigates the lives of juvenile delinquents.

A Japanese businessman is sent to Sri Lanka and meets a beautiful Japanese woman with a past. They befriend an old Japanese-Indian widow who has an...

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...

Drama about the friendship between a lonely laborer (Atsumi) and a young woman (Hoshi) unable to enter college.

A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal when she's seen with her intense, no-nonsense...

A businessman runs afoul of the law and commits suicide, leaving behind a wife and five children. The eldest son takes the family to Tokyo and labors...

A young man who is unable to tell his childhood friend how he feels makes a pledge with her to reveal all of their secrets during the upcoming...

A young student falls for an invalid girl, whom he can only see from afar.