Tokyo Story / Tôkyô monogatari (1953)
Drama
An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.
Starring: Chishû Ryû, Chieko Higashiyama, Setsuko Hara, Haruko Sugimura, Sô Yamamura, Kuniko Miyake
Director: Yasujirô Ozu
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love / Ningen no joken I-II / Ningen no jôken (1959)
Drama | War
A Japanese pacifist, unable to face the dire consequences of conscientious objection, is transformed by his attempts to compromise with the demands of war-time Japan.
Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiyo Aratama, Chikage Awashima, Ineko Arima, Keiji Sada, Sô Yamamura
Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Gung Ho (1986)
Comedy | Drama
When a Japanese car company buys an American plant, the American liason must mediate the clash of work attitudes between the foreign management and native labor.
Starring: Michael Keaton, Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt, Mimi Rogers, John Turturro, Sô Yamamura
Director: Ron Howard
Yôkihi / Princess Yang Kwei-fei / Empress Yank Kwei Fei (1955)
Drama | History | Romance
In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love with her and she becomes the Princess Yang Kwei-fei. The Yangs are then appointed important ministers, though An Lushan is not given the court position he covets. The ministers misuse their power so much that there is a popular revolt against all the Yangs, fueled by An Lushan.
Starring: Machiko Kyô, Masayuki Mori, Sô Yamamura, Eitarô Shindô, Eitarô Ozawa, Haruko Sugimura
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
