Movies: Tanie Kitabayashi

  • 1952
    Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

    Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu (1952)

    Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu

    01952HD

    Part one of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation....

    Jinsei Gekijo: dai ichi bu
  • 1979
    Gassan

    Gassan (1979)

    Gassan

    01979HD

    Akira leaves for the Mt. Gassan foothills before winter's onset, visiting the local temple and interacting with the residents all while falling for fair Fumiko....

    Gassan
  • 1972
    Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte

    Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte (1972)

    Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte

    01972HD

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    Musume-tachi wa kaze ni mukatte
  • 1970
    The Little Hero

    The Little Hero (1970)

    The Little Hero

    01970HD

    A five year old boy leaves his mother and grandparents to see his father who has gone to work in Osaka....

    The Little Hero
  • 1985
    Haze of Love

    Haze of Love (1985)

    Haze of Love

    01985HD

    Rumiko Arai, a 20-year-old girl working in a sawmill, meets a driver, Sekiguchi, and they begin a relationship with the promise of marriage. But Rumiko's grandmother tells her that they are both cursed by an ancient evil....

    Haze of Love
  • 1962
    Dolls floating down the river

    Dolls floating down the river (1962)

    Dolls floating down the river

    01962HD

    A touching story of pure love and tears between a boy and a girl, drawn by the innocent duo of Chieko Baisho and Shinichiro Mikami, based on "Nagashi bina", which absorbed the customs of the Tottori region....

    Dolls floating down the river
  • 1961
    A Good Man, A Good Day

    A Good Man, A Good Day (1961)

    A Good Man, A Good Day

    01961HD

    The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his surroundings. When his daughter Tokiko is asked to marry a colleague, she and her mother are overjoyed, but Hitoshi is not satisfied with the situation....

    A Good Man, A Good Day
  • 1977
    The Wild Daisy

    The Wild Daisy (1977)

    The Wild Daisy

    01977HD

    Teenage cousins Masao and Tamiko fall in love when she comes to his riverside brewery house to take care of his sickly mother. Family objections ensue as Tamiko is older than Masao, and the two cannot marry in peace....

    The Wild Daisy
  • 1955
    The Dawn of Judo

    The Dawn of Judo (1955)

    The Dawn of Judo

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    The Dawn of Judo
  • 1961
    Enraptured

    Enraptured (1961)

    Enraptured

    01961HD

    A promising dancer asks her professor to write a libretto for a Nō play. He then introduces her to a student of classical literature, but also a classical theatre student in the hope that the latter will marry Senya.....

    Enraptured
  • 1952
    Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to

    Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to (1952)

    Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to

    01952HD

    Japanese film....

    Haha no nai ko to ko no nai haha to
  • 1953
    Jūdai no yūwaku

    Jūdai no yūwaku (1953)

    Jūdai no yūwaku

    01953HD

    Film directed by Seiji Hisamatsu and starring Wakao Ayako...

    Jūdai no yūwaku
  • 1983
    Our Teacher

    Our Teacher (1983)

    Our Teacher

    01983HD

    Japanese film....

    Our Teacher
  • 1937
    Learn from Experience, Part Two

    Learn from Experience, Part Two (1937)

    Learn from Experience, Part Two

    6.21937HD

    Part 2 of a 2-part romance (first part - Kafuku zempen) based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan. In the second half, we discover that Toyomi is pregnant -- and while Shintaro and Yurie are on their extended honeymoon, she bears his child, a girl...

    Learn from Experience, Part Two
  • 1951
    男の哀愁

    男の哀愁 (1951)

    男の哀愁

    01951HD

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    男の哀愁
  • 1972
    The Golden Bat Shows Up

    The Golden Bat Shows Up (1972)

    The Golden Bat Shows Up

    01972HD

    A comedy featuring The Golden Bat...

    The Golden Bat Shows Up
  • 1974
    Kobayashi Takiji

    Kobayashi Takiji (1974)

    Kobayashi Takiji

    01974HD

    A tribute to proletarian author Takiji Kobayashi (1903-1933)...

    Kobayashi Takiji
  • 1970
    Pure Land, Poisoned Sea

    Pure Land, Poisoned Sea (1970)

    Pure Land, Poisoned Sea

    01970HD

    In this program based on the book of the same name by Ishimure Michiko, Kitabayashi Tanie plays “Goze,” a blind wandering performer who drifts around the stricken region of Minamata in the wake of methylmercury contamination....

    Pure Land, Poisoned Sea