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女学生記 (1941)
Character: Ayako Saeki
A "slice-of life" film about a group of high school girls in 1940s Japan.
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陽気な女 (1946)
Character: N/A
1946 Toho film directed by Kiyoshi Saeki
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人生とんぼ返り (1946)
Character: N/A
After learning that he has accidentally killed a man in a fight, Unokichi must look after the man's pregnant widow.
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俺もお前も (1946)
Character: Aono's middle daughter, Yasuko
A comedy about two salarymen who routinely degrade themselves for their boss.
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希望の青空 (1942)
Character: Sadae
What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy in 1942.
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わが青春に悔なし (1946)
Character: Lady
After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repression, and wartime upheaval—ultimately forging her own path in pre- and post-WWII Japan.
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春の目ざめ (1947)
Character: Kazuko Ogura
Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl.
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明日を創る人々 (1946)
Character: Fumie, Actress
In postwar Japan, two sisters—a film studio script girl and a revue dancer—become swept up in the growing labor movement when workers around them strike for better conditions. As their conservative father opposes their activism, his own dismissal forces him to confront the realities of class struggle and join their fight for a fairer future. Now considered a lost film, Those Who Make Tomorrow was produced by Toho to promote unionization during Japan’s Allied Occupation.
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愛の世界 山猫とみの話 (1943)
Character: N/A
A sixteen-year-old who had been living on her own since her mother died, frequently gets in trouble with the police. She gets sent to an "institute" for young girls in the countryside. There the residents grow their own food, cook and clean for themselves, and are taught language, music, and sewing. While there the young girl slowly begins to form friendships and come out of her shell.
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一番美しく (1944)
Character: Sue Okabe
Young women at a precision optics factory in wartime Japan push to exceed production quotas, enduring illness, injury, and personal hardship to “serve the country.” Led by Tsuru Watanabe, they fight fatigue and setbacks to keep their line moving—even when duty collides with grief.
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十一人の女学生 (1946)
Character: N/A
With his simple appearance, eyes shining with love and a sense of justice, and voice burning with youthful passion, the eleven students felt unexpectedly in each other's hearts that "this teacher will surely be our confidant," and looked at each other and nodded their heads. This was the beginning of their collective affection for the new Ms. Shiono. The school for girls is a sacred place where the hearts of hundreds of innocent girls should ferment beautifully and freely for the day when they will become wives and mothers to come. How can we abandon them in such a state? Even after the nightmarish war was over, the nightmare remained at Shuei Girls' School.
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