Tomio Aoki

In Burma during the closing days of WWII, a Japanese soldier separated from his unit disguises himself as a Buddhist monk to escape imprisonment as a POW.

Dir. Kon Ichikawa · With Rentaro Mikuni, Shōji Yasui, Jun Hamamura

Brothers Keiji and Ryoichi move to a new neighborhood in the Tokyo suburbs after their father, an office clerk, is promoted. The boys join the local gang as lowly new kids and emerge as natural leaders after defeating a bully. While visiting the home of their father's boss, the brothers witness the ridicule their father endures to please his superior. Angry and embarrassed, the boys find their naive ideas about power being challenged.

Dir. Yasujirō Ozu · With Tatsuo Saitō, Tomio Aoki, Mitsuko Yoshikawa

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.

Dir. Yasujirō Ozu · With Chōko Iida, Shinichi Himori, Masao Hayama