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