A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors. Alexander Jacoby
/ Man’s Heart
Seishun / Youth
Tōsei tamatebako / The Magnificent Pearl Box
1926 Machi no hitobito / Town People
Hatsukoi / First Love
Honryū / Rapid Stream
Haha yo koishi / Mother, I Miss You
Musume / Daughter
Kaeranu sasabue / Bamboo Grass Flute of No Return
Itoshi no wagako / My Beloved Child
Kanojo / Girlfriend
1927 Sabishiki ranbōmono / The Lonely Roughneck
Hazukashii yume / Shameful Dream
Karakuri musume / Tricky Girl
Shojo no shi / Death of a Virgin
Okame / Moon-Faced / A Plain Woman
Tōkyō kōshinkyoku / Tokyo March
1928 Suki nareba koso / Because I Love You So
Mura no hanayome / The Village Bride
Dōraku goshinan / Guidance for the Indulgent
Kami e no michi / The Way to God
Hito no yo no sugata / A Daughter of Two Fathers / Appearance of the Human World (lit.)
Gaitō no kishi / Knight of the Street
Haha yo kimi no na o kegasu nakare / Mother, Don’t Sully Your Name
1929 Yoru no mesuneko / Cat of the Night
Shinjoseikan / A New Kind of Woman
Oyaji to sono ko / A Father and His Child
Ukiyoburo / Bath of the Floating World
Jōnetsu no ichiya / One Night of Passion
1930 Dokushinsha goyōjin / Bachelors Beware
Dai Tōkyō no ikkaku / A Corner of Greater Tokyo
Hohoemu jinsei / A Smiling Life
Onna yo kimi no na o kegasu nakare / Woman, Don’t Sully Your Name
Shojo nyūyō / Virgin Wanted
Kinuyo monogatari / Story of Kinuyo
Aiyoku no ki / Record of Love and Desire
1931 Jokyū aishi / Sad Story of a Barmaid
Yoru hiraku / Blooming at Night
Madamu to nyōbō / The Neighbor’s Wife and Mine
Shima no ratai jiken / Island of Naked Scandal
Gutei kenkei / Silly Younger Brother and Clever Older Brother
Wakaki hi no kangeki / Memories of Youthful Days
1932 Nīsan no baka / My Stupid Brother
Ginza no yanagi / Willows of Ginza
Tengoku ni musubu koi / Love Requited in Heaven
Satsueijo romansu: Ren’ai annai / A Studio Romance: Guidance for Love
Hototogisu / The Cuckoo
Koi no Tōkyō / Love in Tokyo
1933 Hanayome no negoto / The Bride Talks in Her Sleep
Izu no odoriko / The Izu Dancer / The Dancing Girls of Izu
Jūkyū no haru / Nineteenth Spring
Shojo yo sayonara / Goodbye, Virgin
Ramūru / L’Amour / Caresses
1934 Onna to umareta kara nya / Since I Was Born a Woman
Sakura ondo / Cherry Blossom Chorus
Ikitoshi ikerumono / Everything that Lives
1935 Hanamuko no negoto / The Groom Talks in His Sleep
Hidari uchiwa / The Easy Life (lit. Left-Handed Fan)
Fukeyo koikaze / Breezes of Love
Akogare / Yearning
Jinsei no onimotsu / Burden of Life
1936 Okusama shakuyōsho / A Married Lady Borrows Money
Oboroyo no onna / Woman of the Mist / Woman of a Misty Night (lit.)
Shindō (Zenpen; Kōhen) / The New Road (Parts 1 and 2)
1937 Hanakago no uta / Song of the Flower Basket
1940 Bokuseki / Wooden Head / Wood and Stone
1942 Shinsetsu / Fresh Snow / New Snow
1944 Gojū no tō / The Five-Storied Pagoda
1945 Izu no musumetachi / The Girls of Izu
1947 Ima hitotabi no / Once More
1948 Omokage / A Face to Remember
1951 Wakaregumo / Dispersing Clouds
1952 Asa no hamon / Morning Conflicts
1953 Entotsu no mieru basho / Where Chimneys Are Seen / Four Chimneys
1954 Ōsaka no yado / An Inn at Osaka
Ai to shi no tanima / The Valley between Love and Death
Niwatori wa futatabi naku / The Cock Crows Twice
1955 Takekurabe / Growing Up
1956 Aru yo futatabi / Twice on a Certain Night
1957 Kiiroi karasu / The Yellow Crow / Behold Thy Son
Banka / Elegy of the North / Dirge
1958 Hotarubi / The Fireflies / Firefly Light (lit.)
Yoku / Avarice
Ari no machi no Maria / Maria of the Ant Village
1959 Karatachi nikki / Journal of the Orange Flower
1960 Waga ai / When a Woman Loves / My Love (lit.)
Shiroi kiba / White Fangs
1961 Ryōjū / Hunting Rifle
Kumo ga chigireru toki / As the Clouds Scatter
Aijō no keifu / Love’s Family Tree
1962 Kāchan kekkon shiroyo / Mother, Get Married
1963 Hyakumannin no musumetachi / A Million Girls
1965 Osorezan no onna / An Innocent Witch / A Woman of Osore-zan (lit.)
1966 Kāchan to jūichinin no kodomo / Our Wonderful Years / Mother and Eleven Children (lit.)
1967 Utage / Rebellion of Japan / Banquet (lit.)
1968 Onna to misoshiru / Woman and Miso Soup
Meiji haru aki / Four Seasons of the Meiji Period
1977 Waga machi Mishima / My Town Mishima (short)
HANEDA Sumiko
(b. January 3, 1926)
羽田澄子
Haneda has sustained a half-century-long career in documentary filmmaking, realizing numerous films on cultural, socially critical, and feminist themes. She worked initially at Iwanami Productions, where she served as assistant to Susumu Hani before making her debut with Women’s College in the Village (Mura no fujin gakkyū, 1957), which earned praise for its realism. Her next film, Ancient Beauty (Kodai no bi, 1958), became the first in a trilogy of documentaries depicting works of art and artifacts in the possession of the Tokyo National Museum. Meanwhile, in films such as Cabbage Butterflies (Monshirochō: Kōdō no jikkenteki