When a group of young geologists declares a mountainside marked for residential development unstable, they are met with scorn on two fronts. On one end, they must contend with the local villagers who balk at the prospect of relocation; on the other, they face the ambitions of the headstrong lumber baron, whose actions will only further destabilize the land. Their pleas for reason ignored, the scientists can do little but observe as nature runs its inevitable course.

Hikoroku Laughs a lot

Ino tries to control Mon’s every move, but she becomes a fallen woman, having an affair with a student, Obata whereas her sister San remains a “good girl.” The mother is very supportive of her daughters, but, the father, Akaza, who is the stonecutter foreman on the damn, lacks control of his family.

Period romantic drama.

When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they bargained for when the gigantic ape attacks an unsuspecting village and an enormous octopus.

Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo. Yasuo spreads unpleasant gossip about his rival, and Hatsue's father forbids her to see Shinji. But when the boy saves the passengers on a boat owned by Hatsue's father, his luck in love begins to change.

時は戦国、織田信長の軍勢に攻められた浅井長政の小谷城から三人の武士が落ちのびた。討ち死には御免と公言した猛者、疾風之介。忠義に厚い男、弥平次。疾風之介の思い人、加乃を連れ城から逃げ出した十郎太。それぞれに流転の人生を歩むこととなった三人は、やがて運命の糸に導かれるかのように再会を果たすが…。井上靖の原作を、時代劇の巨匠、稲垣浩監督が映画化。脚本に黒澤明も参加している。（form：NHKBS）

“独立愚連隊”シリーズや“暗黒街”もので日本映画に新風を吹き込んだ名匠・岡本喜八監督のデビュー作。当時アイドル・スターであった雪村いづみを主演に据えた恋愛結婚に憧れる若い女性を描く風俗コメディで、そのテンポの速さが評判になった。衣装や装置も実にモダン。

李香兰从影20周年纪念作品。

Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and Nojiri encounter a young woman and her father, as well as Honda, a mountaineer. The inn folk do not realize their guests are wanted criminals and the visitors are treated with great kindness. Honda volunteers to lead them over the mountains, but Eijima's paranoia endangers all of them as they make the perilous trip.

ヴィクトル・ユゴーの『レ・ミゼラブル』を映画化した、伊丹万作最後の監督作品。時代を幕末から明治維新直後に設定し、前科者で何度も脱獄を試みたものの失敗、19年の刑に処された大沼という男が、ついには役人を殺して脱獄に成功、時代の混乱に乗じて世の中を渡り歩いていく姿を描く。ある時、彼は不幸な少女・千代子を引き取り、育て上げていくのだが……。これまでにもゴルズワジーの『逃走』を翻案した「逃げ行く小平次」、モルナールの『リリオム』の翻案「金的力太郎」で多大な評価を得ていた伊丹が、再び『レ・ミゼラブル』を見事に日本の風土に展開した作品。この頃から闘病生活に入った彼は、以後、稲垣浩の「無法松の一生」「手をつなぐ子ら」など脚本を担当したのみで、ついに監督に復帰することなく、1946年、世を去った。

元禄時代の京都。南座の役者・坂田藤十郎は、芸に悩んだ末、友であり師である近松門左衛門に脚本を依頼する。しかし、あがってきた新作狂言『大経師昔暦』をみて、その写実的な濡れ場に困惑する藤十郎。役づくりの目処がたたない彼は、ある女に偽りの恋をしかける。林長二郎改め長谷川一夫の東宝移籍第一回作品。

Three competing parties all race against time to track down an elusive creature known only as the Snowman.

The story of the film is simple: A young girl in the countryside raises a young horse and develops a deep relationship to the animal. But the war is becoming part of life, so in the end she has to sacrifice her horse and sell it to the military. The idea of propaganda film has been discussed by various scholars. Donald Keene mentioned that it only takes the ending of a film like uma to turn an overall innocent story into propaganda. The film was in 1941 officially supported and praised by the Japanese government. An official government statement commented: “Feel Gratitude in your hear and lend yourself to support the war effort” and Army Minister Tojo Hideki commented: “Only by means of the heartfelt affection of the breeders can fine horses – a mobile weapon that will become increasingly necessary in the future – be raised.” A film about a teenager fond of horses, that turns into a propaganda film – so why should you be interested? Uma directed by Kajiro Yamamoto is often regarded as being the first film with a major involvement of Akira Kurosawa – who apart from his job as assistant director was said to have a love affair with the film’s teen aged star Takamine Hideko. Takamine herself was already one of the greatest stars of Japanese cinema, affectionately referred to as “Deko-chan” by her fans. After the war she would appear in many famous movies, most prominently in the works of Kinoshita and Naruse.

A fugitive lord and his six retainers disguise themselves as monks to bluff their way through a hostile checkpoint.