Hiroshi Shimizu

A motley cast of characters, including a human billboard and a shoeshine girl, help a 5 year old girl after she is separated from her mother on the...

Set in the port city of Yokohama, two girls, Sunako and Dora who attend a Christian school, pledge to be friends. But when a youth named Henry...

A pair of blind masseurs, an enigmatic city woman, a lonely man and his ill-behaved nephew—The Masseurs and a Woman is made up of crisscrossing...

A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching methods.

Weed with Flowers

Weed with Flowers

This documentary was produced on the request of the Korean railway-organisation during the Japanese occupation of Korea. The news-coverage in those...

A young man steals money for a cabaret singer.

A young man steals money for a cabaret singer.

In Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mountainous Izu to Tokyo.

In Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mountainous Izu to Tokyo.

A group of war orphans initially seen scratching out an existence through black market work, as they are taken under the wing of a nameless soldier,...

While working in an education center for lonely children, a mother seeks her missing son.

While working in an education center for lonely children, a mother seeks her missing son.

The day to day life in an establishment for delinquent teenage girls.

Short documentary film on the architecture and history of Nara Kofuku-ji and Todai-ji temples.

The day to day life in an establishment for delinquent teenage girls.

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...

Toshie, a young, conservative secretary-typist has fallen in love with Shozo Narita, a young man she has met through her work.

On vacation's eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is imprisoned and accused of embezzlement.

During college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is tested when one of them becomes involved with a woman...

Based on the true story of a 17-year old Atayal girl called Sayun Hayun from Nan'oku village, Giran district, Taihoku Prefecture (in current Taiwan)...

Uta’s mother died when she was six years old; her father she never met. She was forced to adopt a traveller’s life when her grandmother...

Saheita, the final heir of a once rich and respectable family, can't refuse the many villagers that come to him for favours and money, even though he...

The brothers of Children In The Wind deal with declining family fortunes: they must work when the father becomes sick, and eventually live with their...

A penniless orphan loses the woman he loves, when her family arranges a marriage to a wealthy playboy. He believes she was blinded by greed, and...

Yuki is a young, single mother supporting herself and her son, Haru, with a job as a bar hostess.

The film is a lengthy work interweaving characters from different backgrounds and social strata in a narrative centered around the experiences of its...

Part two of Shimizu's major silent Seven Seas, a family drama of the intertwining fates of the rich, decadent Yagibashis and the far less prosperous...

A reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The teachers and caretakers face much trouble. The school is...

A university professor and his wife have two sons with infantile paralysis. Through trial and error, they struggle to open a school for disabled...

A university professor and his wife have two sons with infantile paralysis. Through trial and error, they struggle to open a school for disabled...

A group of female doctors travel to a remote village during their summer holiday to offer free medical care to villagers. There they must battle...

A pair of blind masseurs, an enigmatic city woman, a lonely man and his ill-behaved nephew—The Masseurs and a Woman is made up of crisscrossing...

Tetsuo Nomoto, a young graduated student tries to find a decent job by himself. Later on, he will marry his girlfriend, Machiko, whom he hides the...

Short feature by Hiroshi Shimizu.

Early feature film by Hiroshi Shimizu.

The story focuses on the widower Nemoto, ostensibly a businessman, who has one son, Kanichi, the hero of the title. Nemoto remarries; his new wife is...

The story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his university's rugby team. The son of a wealthy soy sauce...

In the mountain hot springs of Izu, Japan, a love triangle is waiting to happen. It is the late 1930s when the paths of a stunning woman fleeing...

Kenji and Chuko travel to Hokkaido as migrant workers and enlist as miners under the strict leadership of Guzuyasu. On the boat journey to Hokkaido,...

The story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi, and his cousin, Nishimiura Kinue, when they leave their...

Created by Shochiku’s cultural film department on behalf of the Ministry of Education, this film tells an ironic anecdote juxtaposing the fate...

33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 19-year-old innocent young wife. After graduating...

A city boy moves to the countryside and the kids there pick on him.

Lost for 70 years until 2022, Shimizu’s second postwar film recalls Mr. Thank You as he frames the narrative in a familiar setting, tracking an...

Saheita, the final heir of a once rich and respectable family, can't refuse the many villagers that come to him for favours and money, even though he...

Kenji is a small-time thief who likes drinking and fighting. When he falls in love with sweet and simple Yazue, and she finds out what kind of guy he...

Michiko gets pregnant after a rape. She marries a boring business partner of her father to avoid the shame. Later she meets the rapist again who is...

A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.

A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.

Based on the novel by Kojin Shimomura. Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life is shattered by the illness and death...

Based on the novel by Kojin Shimomura. Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life is shattered by the illness and death...

Two childhood friends go their own ways but meet again some years later after they have both married. They get re-acquainted, meet each others’...

A motley cast of characters, including a human billboard and a shoeshine girl, help a 5 year old girl after she is separated from her mother on the...

A 1937 Japanese film.

A 1937 Japanese film.

A 1937 Japanese film.

Hisshoka is a 1945 Drama film directed by four Japanese directors.

A Japanese short film, the earliest extant film of the great director Hiroshi Shimizu.

A Japanese film

A Japanese film

Hisshoka is a 1945 Drama film directed by four Japanese directors.

In Asakusa, Tokyo, a couple of a violinist Yamano and a revue dancer Hanae lives in poverty. One day Hanae’s little sister rolls into their...

A reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The teachers and caretakers face much trouble. The school is...

A group of war orphans initially seen scratching out an existence through black market work, as they are taken under the wing of a nameless soldier,...

A group of war orphans initially seen scratching out an existence through black market work, as they are taken under the wing of a nameless soldier,...

Film by Hiroshi Shimizu, featuring an early role for frequent Ozu and Naruse collaborator Hideko Takamine.

Debut film by Hiroshi Shimizu.

33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 19-year-old innocent young wife. After graduating...

The final film in Shimizu’s thirty-plus year career, Image of a Mother remains true to Shimizu’s central themes as a young boy must learn...

In the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko Onuma spends time with Tsuruko, his lover. One night,...

In Shimizu’s sequel to his 1948 masterpiece, a journalist arrives in the secluded foothills of Izu to find a hidden commune to ask, “What...

In Shimizu’s sequel to his 1948 masterpiece, a journalist arrives in the secluded foothills of Izu to find a hidden commune to ask, “What...

The final film in the Beehive trilogy, Children of the Great Buddha chronicles war orphans working as tour guides among the looming statues and...

The final film in the Beehive trilogy, Children of the Great Buddha chronicles war orphans working as tour guides among the looming statues and...

A city boy moves to the countryside and the kids there pick on him.

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...