Movies by Keisuke Kinoshita
Welcome to our dedicated selection of films directed by Keisuke Kinoshita. Here, you can explore a diverse range of works that highlight Keisuke Kinoshita’s unique vision, storytelling style, and contribution to the world of cinema. Whether you’re an avid fan or discovering Keisuke kinoshita’s filmography for the first time, this collection will guide you through critically acclaimed masterpieces, hidden gems, and influential titles that have shaped the director’s legacy.
Father (1988)
0
A middle-aged man's family loses patience with him as he struggles with his seemingly directionless life.
Children of Nagasaki (1983)
- 0
August 9, 1945. An atomic bomb drops on Urakami, Nagasaki at 11:02am. The story of Dr. Nagai and his family.
Oh, My Son! (1979)
- 0
A man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families.
The Scent of Incense (1964)
- 0
After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life deeply gets in trouble.
Spring Dreams (1960)
- 0
When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous friends.
Thus Another Day (1959)
- 0
A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. She returns to her family home while they rent out their house during the summer to pay off their mortgage, and there she meets a lonely old man...
The Ballad of Narayama (1958)
- 0
In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy in which relatives carry 70-year-old family members up Narayama mountain to die. Granny Orin is approaching 70, content to embrace her fate. Her widowed son Tatsuhei cannot bear losing his mother, even as she arranges his marriage to a widow his age. Her grandson Kesa, who's girlfriend is pregnant, is selfishly happy to see Orin die. Around them, a family of thieves are dealt with severely, and an old man, past 70, whose son has cast him out, scrounges for food. Will Orin's loving and accepting
Danger Stalks Near (1957)
- 0
The plans of a trio of burglars are continually thwarted by the arrival of visitors to the house they plan to rob.
The Tattered Wings (1955)
- 0
A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal when she's seen with her intense, no-nonsense childhood sweetheart.
Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)
- 0
From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and personal circumstances.
A Japanese Tragedy (1953)
- 0
At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed with their poor standard of living at home. They gradually reject her in search of the material comforts that working as a maid cannot provide. The mother's despair becomes interminable.
Boyhood (1951)
- 0
When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.
Fireworks Over the Sea (1951)
- 0
A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.
Wedding Ring (1950)
- 0
A jewelry store president begins to fall for the doctor treating her husband's illness.
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 (1949)
- 0
Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely devoted to her husband.
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2 (1949)
- 0
Part 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and Kohei, marrying upward, and being blackmailed by the evil Naosuke.
Apostasy (1948)
- 0
In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visiting liberal intellectual.
Phoenix (1947)
- 0
A Japanese war widow recalls her love affair with her deceased husband.