List of the best Ganjirô Nakamura movies: The End of Summer(1962), Floating Weeds(1959), The Lower Depths(1957) ... ...
Drama, Romance
Japan
1962
103 Minutes
Kohayagawa Banpei
Ganjirô Nakamura Setsuko Hara Yoko Tsukasa Keiju Kobayashi Michiyo Aratama Chieko Naniwa Daisuke Kato
father daughter mistress son-in-law grandson emotional melodramatic kyoto, japan household brewery aging father/daughter relationship family deception sister relationship romance love discovery 1960s
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.
Drama
1959
115 Minutes
Komajuro Arashi
Ganjirô Nakamura Haruko Sugimura Hiroshi Kawaguchi Machiko Ky? Ayako Wakao Kôji Mitsui Mutsuko Sakura Mantaro Ushio Haruo Tanaka Hitomi Nozoe Chishu Ryu
The leader (Ganjirô Nakamura) of a traveling acting troupe meets his former mistress (Haruko Sugimura) and their illegitimate son (Hiroshi Kawaguchi).
Drama
Japan
1957
125 Minutes
Rokubei
Toshirô Mifune Isuzu Yamada Kyoko Kagawa Ganjirô Nakamura Minoru Chiaki Kamatari Fujiwara Akemi Negishi Nijiko Kiyokawa Kôji Mitsui Eijiro Tono Haruo Tanaka
landlady thief sister husband actor gambler striking passionate boardinghouse japan infidelity jealousy love triangle sibling rivalry poverty decadence rivalry revenge 19th century
In a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family.