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Apostasy
(破戒)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1948
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Ryō Ikebe, Yôko Katsuragi, Osamu Takizawa, Jūkichi Uno, Masao Shimizu, Yoshi Katō
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Twenty-Four Eyes
(二十四の瞳)
The most moving story of a devoted female teacher and her twelve small pupils
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1954
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Hideko Takamine, Hideki Gôko, Itsuo Watanabe, Makoto Miyagawa, Takeo Terashita, Kunio Satô
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Darkroom
The Ballad of Narayama
(楢山節考)
In a remote mountain village, a family struggles with a policy in which 70-year-olds are carried up a mountain to die.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1958
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi, Yūko Mochizuki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yūnosuke Itō, Ken Mitsuda
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
A Legend, or Was It?
(死闘の伝説)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1963
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Shima Iwashita, Mariko Kaga, Gō Katō, Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshi Katō, Bunta Sugawara
- Genre Drama, Crime
- Available on Criterion Channel
She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
(野菊の如き君なりき)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1955
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Noriko Arita, Shinji Tanaka, Chishū Ryū, Takahiro Tamura, Toshio Kobayashi, Haruko Sugimura
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
A Japanese Tragedy
(日本の悲劇)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1953
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Yūko Mochizuki, Keiji Sada, Teiji Takahashi, Yôko Katsuragi, Sanae Takasugi, Ken Uehara
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Immortal Love
(永遠の人)
While her fiancée is away fighting, a woman is raped by a landowner's son and forced into marriage.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1961
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Hideko Takamine, Keiji Sada, Tatsuya Nakadai, Nobuko Otowa, Akira Ishihama, Masakazu Tamura
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Scent of Incense
(香華)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1964
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Mariko Okada, Nobuko Otowa, Gō Katō, Kinuyo Tanaka, Norihei Miki, Eiji Okada
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Snow Flurry
(風花)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1959
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Keiko Kishi, Ineko Arima, Yoshiko Kuga, Yūsuke Kawazu, Chieko Higashiyama, Yasushi Nagata
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Farewell to Dream
(夕やけ雲)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1956
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Shinji Tanaka, Yūko Mochizuki, Takahiro Tamura, Yoshiko Kuga, Isuzu Yamada, Eijirô Tôno
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The River Fuefuki
(笛吹川)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1960
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Takahiro Tamura, Hideko Takamine, Kōshirō Matsumoto, Kichiemon Nakamura, Shinji Tanaka, Shima Iwashita
- Genre War, Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel
Times of Joy and Sorrow
(㐂びも悲しみも幾歳月)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1957
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Hideko Takamine, Keiji Sada, Takahiro Tamura, Katsuo Nakamura, Yôko Katsuragi
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Ballad of a Workman
(二人で歩いた幾春秋)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1962
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Hideko Takamine, Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Chieko Baisho, Toyozô Yamamoto, Kiyoshi Nonomura
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Here's to the Young Lady
(お嬢さん乾杯)
A young woman from an established family seeks out the self-made owner of a car shop for a husband.
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1949
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Shūji Sano, Setsuko Hara, Chieko Higashiyama, Keiji Sada, Takeshi Sakamoto, Sachiko Murase
- Genre Comedy, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
Morning for the Osone Family
(大曽根家の朝)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1946
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Haruko Sugimura, Toshinosuke Nagao, Shin Tokudaiji, Mitsuko Miura, Shirō Ōsaka, Eitarō Ozawa
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Plex, Plex Channel
The Garden of Women
(女の園)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1954
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Mieko Takamine, Hideko Takamine, Keiko Kishi, Yoshiko Kuga, Takahiro Tamura, Masami Taura
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
(新釈四谷怪談 前篇)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1949
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Kinuyo Tanaka, Ken Uehara, Hisako Yamane, Haruko Sugimura, Chōko Iida, Osamu Takizawa
- Genre Horror
- Available on Plex, Plex Channel
This Year's Love
(今年の恋)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1962
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Mariko Okada, Teruo Yoshida, Masakazu Tamura, Norihei Miki, Chieko Higashiyama, Chieko Naniwa
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Boyhood
(少年期)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1951
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Akiko Tamura, Akira Ishihama, Chishū Ryū, Rentaro Mikuni, Toshiko Kobayashi, Mutsuko Sakura
- Genre Drama, War
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Eternal Rainbow
(この天の虹)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1958
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Chishū Ryū, Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiko Kuga, Kazuya Kosaka, Yūsuke Kawazu, Takahiro Tamura
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Thus Another Day
(今日もまたかくてありなん)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1959
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Teiji Takahashi, Yoshiko Kuga, Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII, Takahiro Tamura, Kazuya Kosaka, Kōji Mitsui
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
Wedding Ring
(婚約指輪)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1950
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Kinuyo Tanaka, Toshirō Mifune, Jūkichi Uno, Kenji Susukida, Nobuko Otowa, Mitsuko Yoshikawa
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
Children of Nagasaki
(この子を残して)
My children, and all the people in the future– may they never face that terrible tragedy again!
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1983
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Gō Katō, Yukiyo Toake, Chikage Awashima, Megumi Asaoka, Takeshi Katō, Ai Kanzaki
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Carmen Comes Home
(カルメン故郷に帰る)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1951
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Hideko Takamine, Shūji Sano, Chishū Ryū, Kuniko Igawa, Takeshi Sakamoto, Bontarō Miake
- Genre Comedy, Music
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Good Fairy
(善魔)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1951
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Masayuki Mori, Chikage Awashima, Rentaro Mikuni, Yôko Katsuragi, Chishū Ryū, Koreya Senda
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Port of Flowers
(花咲く港)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1943
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Eitarō Ozawa, Ken Uehara, Mitsuko Mito, Chishū Ryū, Eijirō Tōno, Takeshi Sakamoto
- Genre War, Comedy
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Danger Stalks Near
(風前の灯)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1957
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Hideko Takamine, Keiji Sada, Akiko Tamura, Kôji Nanbara, Toshiko Kobayashi, Shinji Tanaka
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel
Farewell to Spring
(惜春鳥)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1959
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Keiji Sada, Ineko Arima, Masahiko Tsugawa, Akira Ishihama, Toyozô Yamamoto, Kazuya Kosaka
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Girl I Loved
(わが恋せし乙女)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1946
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Yasumi Hara, Chieko Higashiyama, Kuniko Igawa, Yoshito Yamaji, Junji Soneda, Yōtarō Katsumi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Sing, Young People
(歌え若人達)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1963
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Tsutomu Matsukawa, Yūsuke Kawazu, Shinichirô Mikami, Kei Yamamoto, Shima Iwashita, Chieko Baisho
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel
Jubilation Street
(歓呼の町)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1944
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Ken Uehara, Mitsuko Mito, Chiyo Shin, Eijirô Tôno, Shinichi Himori, Chōko Iida
- Genre War, Drama
- Available on Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Plex, Plex Channel
Carmen's Innocent Love
(カルメン純情す)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1952
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Hideko Takamine, Masao Wakahara, Chikage Awashima, Toshiko Kobayashi, Eiko Miyoshi, Chieko Higashiyama
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance, Music
- Available on Criterion Channel
Fireworks Over the Sea
(海の花火)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1951
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Michiyo Kogure, Yôko Katsuragi, Teruko Kishi, Chishū Ryū, Isuzu Yamada, Chieko Higashiyama
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Living Magoroku
(生きてゐる孫六)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1943
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Ken Uehara, Fumiko Katsuragi, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Yasumi Hara, Kurumi Yamabato, Toshio Hosokawa
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Love and Separation in Sri Lanka
(スリランカの愛と別れ)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1976
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Hideko Takamine, Kinya Kitaoji, Keiju Kobayashi, Keiko Tsushima, Shin Katagiri
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Eyes, the Sea and a Ball
(なつかしき笛や太鼓)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1967
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Kamatari Fujiwara, Yōsuke Natsuki, Yoichiro Takahashi, Mayumi Ôzora, Kumeko Urabe
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Broken Drum
(破れ太鼓)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1949
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Tsumasaburō Bandō, Sachiko Murase, Masayuki Mori, Chūji Kinoshita, Akira Ôizumi, Toshiko Kobayashi
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Oh, My Son!
(衝動殺人 息子よ)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1979
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Tomisaburō Wakayama, Hideko Takamine, Ken Tanaka, Shinobu Otake, Isao Bitō, Kenji Takaoka
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Spring Dreams
(春の夢)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1960
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Mariko Okada, Yoshiko Kuga, Eitarō Ozawa, Michiko Araki, Yatsuko Tan'ami, Chieko Higashiyama
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel
Phoenix
(不死鳥)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1947
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Kinuyo Tanaka, Keiji Sada, Isamu Kosugi, Toyo Takahashi, Akira Yamanouchi, Tamotsu Kawasaki
- Genre Romance, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Portrait
(肖像)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1948
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Kuniko Igawa, Kuniko Miyake, Mitsuko Miura, Ichirō Sugai, Chieko Higashiyama
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
(新釈四谷怪談 後篇)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1949
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Kinuyo Tanaka, Keiji Sada, Ken Mitsuda, Haruko Sugimura, Ken Uehara, Jūkichi Uno
- Genre Horror
- Available on Criterion Channel
Woman
(女)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1948
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Mitsuko Mito, Eitarō Ozawa
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Rose on His Arm
(太陽とバラ)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1956
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Akira Ishihama, Katsuo Nakamura, Sadako Sawamura, Yoshiko Kuga, Noriko Arita, Hiroko Sugita
- Genre Action, Crime
- Available on Criterion Channel
The Tattered Wings
(遠い雲)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1955
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Hideko Takamine, Keiji Sada, Teiji Takahashi, Takahiro Tamura, Akira Ishihama, Masami Taura
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel
Army
(陸軍)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1944
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Chishū Ryū, Kinuyo Tanaka, Eijirô Tôno, Ken Uehara, Ken Mitsuda, Haruko Sugimura
- Genre Drama
- Available on Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel, Plex, Plex Channel
Big Joys, Small Sorrows
(新・喜びも悲しみも幾歳月)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1986
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Gō Katō, Hitoshi Ueki, Reiko Ôhara, Kiichi Nakai, Yoko Shinoyama, Hayao Okamoto
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Marriage
(結婚)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1947
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Kinuyo Tanaka, Ken Uehara, Eijirō Tōno, Chieko Higashiyama, Shozo Suzuki, Kuniko Igawa
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
The Young Rebels
(父よ母よ!)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1980
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Gō Katō, Junko Mihara, Tatsuya Okamoto, Tomoko Saitō, Tomisaburō Wakayama
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Father
(父)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Japan • 1988
- Director Keisuke Kinoshita
- Cast Eiji Bandô, Makoto Nonomura, Kin Sugai, Kogan Ashiya, Daigo Kusano, Yôko Moriguchi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
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