Shinichi Himori

Il vedovo Watanabe, capufficio della sezione civile, conduce da trent' anni la sua routine impiegatizia. Quando apprende di avere un cancro allo stomaco la sua esistenza subisce una svolta.

At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed with their poor standard of living at home. They gradually reject her in search of the material comforts that working as a maid cannot provide. The mother's despair becomes interminable.

A rural widow sends her only son to Tokyo to receive a better education. Years later, she visits him and finds he has become a night school teacher struggling to support his wife and son.

I fotoreporter del settimanale scandalistico "Amore" soprendono in atteggiamento apparentemente intimo, la cantante Miyako e il pittore Aoye. Dopo che il pittore ha manifestato l'intenzione di rivolgersi alla magistratura, il direttore del giornale incarica l'avvocato Hiruta, sempre alle prese con problemi economici, di brigare con la parte lesa per farsi affidare la difesa. Hiruta va atrovare il pittore e speculando sulla sua buona fede riesce nell'intento. Ma durante l'ultima udienza del processo c'è il colpo di scena.

Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.

An aging geisha, whose angry teenage son is ashamed of her profession, works alongside a young geisha, resentful of her family for forcing her into a life of shame.

A Japanese mountain inn patron's foot is cut by an ornamental hairpin accidentally left behind by a former patron, leading to much curiosity among the other patrons regarding her identity.

After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to pass into the hands of a creditor, the family holds one last ball before leaving.