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A Cheerful Girl (1957)
- Director
- MASUMURA Yasuzo
- Cast
- WAKAO Ayako, KAWASAKI Keizo, SUGAWARA Kenji
In this lighthearted work from Masumura's early period, protagonist Yuko comes to Tokyo to find her mother after learning about her from her critically ill grandmother. The film, which unfolds beneath a cloudless blue sky, remains remarkably unsentim...
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The Yellow Crow (1957)
- Director
- GOSHO Heinosuke
- Cast
- AWASHIMA Chikage, ITO Yunosuke, TANAKA Kinuyo
Hoping to bring pointed significance to the use of color for what was to be his first color film, Gosho turned to the world of child psychology. The film tells the story of Kiyoshi, a young boy emotionally estranged from his parents after his father'...
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The Lower Depth (1957)
- Director
- KUROSAWA Akira
- Cast
- MIFUNE Toshiro, YAMADA Isuzu, KAGAWA Kyoko
Maxim Gorky's play of the same name is the basis for this solid drama in which the story has been transplanted to an Edo tenement house. It is written, directed, and produced by Kurosawa Akira. Dwelling in a tenement house at the end of the Edo peri...
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TOKYO TWILIGHT (1957)
- Director
- OZU Yasujiro
- Cast
- HARA Setsuko, ARIMA Ineko, RYU Chishu
Released in 1957, Ozu Yasujiro's Tokyo Twilight receives a 4K restoration. The anguish and despair of a daughter whose life is thrown into disarray by her mother's abandonment is portrayed by an all-star cast including Hara Setsuko, Arima Ineko, Ryu ...
