Filmsammlung Ostasienwissenschaften

When an elderly couple is murdered, the police pick up the most likely suspect, a young loner. The authorities force a confession out of the suspect, who then insists that he had a pair of accomplices.

A tragic social drama set in post war Japan and concerns a lonely woman trying to find purpose and stability in a devastated Tokyo.

An orchestra of dedicated musicians forms after the end of World War II in order to lift the spirits of all the people who suffered during and after the war.

Comedy of a traditionally-minded travelling troupe, who find themselves in the midst of a strike in a coal mining town.

A classic samurai drama that tells of "Tsukigata Hanpeita" Chōshū hanshi's struggles between Imperialism and Joi movement at the time of Japanese history of Restoration, 1853-1870 in Kyōto.

A few years after the surrender of Japan in the Second World War, the country is in ruins, economically devastated, and the vulnerable masses deprived of work, let alone the basic amenities of life. A new order, led by voratius opportunists is in the make where the weak are easy prey to the hydraheaded mountebanks. Betrayed and exploited by their employer, a group of five trainee insurance brokers face the challenge of committing suicide, or taking the path of felony.

Masao is deeply in love with his cousin Tamiko, but his mother and her family object on the grounds that she is two years older than him. What will happen to them after Masao is sent to a faraway boarding school?

A new teacher, Hiroe Setsuko, who has just graduated from Gakugei University, is assigned to Hiyoshidai Elementary School in Tokyo, a model school for postwar education.