Tanie Kitabayashi Movies

Nobuko is a widow who lives with her daughter-in-law Tamiko and her brother Junjiro. The family's gatekeeper, Komatsu, is attracted to Tamiko, but...

An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.

A detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs out.

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just...

The fall of an accountant enthralled by the sexual charms of a cabaret dancer.

Students in a small rural school love their poor but unconventional teacher Mr Matsukuma although he is misunderstood by most of the villagers and is...

Second part to "River Without a Bridge" (1969)

In this program based on the book of the same name by Ishimure Michiko, Kitabayashi Tanie plays “Goze,” a blind wandering performer who...

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...

A battle for a large sum of money unfolds on the docks near a steel mill in a foggy atmosphere. Manzo, an engineer on the verge of retirement,...

The first postwar war movie depicting the tragedy of a special force that shook the world at the end of the Pacific War, with thrill and speed

A melodrama of the ups and downs of youth, based on Bunroku Shishi’s popular novel. Chiharu, a ballerina, and Shinichi, a thorough rationalist...