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- This films is the story of a woman who enters the world of sales. She works at a company in Ginza, Tokyo as a typist. She determines that she needs money for her family and herself and asks her co-worker, who is a salesman, for guidance on sales. Armed with the information she begins in sales and is successful. Her original guide begins to feel strange about her.
- Story about a group of actors mostly based on the guys playing the horse.
- The story begins with a Christian father and elementary school headmaster in a snowy village in Hokkaido. He finds a blind girl near Sapporo and takes her in. His wife is unhappy with his decision, but he does not care and proceeds to educate her. Attending a concert of Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony one day the adopted daughter is inspired.
- Two young girls, Nobiko and Tomiko, go to the same school. The less fortunate girl Nobiko is one of the top students, while the rich girl Tomiko is not. At one time Tomiko's father was quite fond of Nobuko's mother.
- Father of nine children cannot find a job. Despite their aspirations, the children are encouraged by both parents to hold down menial jobs and contribute to the family expenses. Eventually one rebels, with the support and sympathy of the other children.
- Hiroshi has his wedding party in Tokyo. His sister (played by Hara) is of course attending. She is a contemporary lass and a skilled worker in Osaka however and is late for the party. She arrives wearing a hat, which is deemed improper or disrespectful. The bride's family, especially her mother and grandmother, dislike her. The bride's family are pharmacologists and well off. They are also arrogant as a result. They are also set off because the party was not as glamourous or lavish as they had wanted as it is no longer is de rigueur to have grand parties. The bride is happy with her new sister-in-law however.
- Wartime propaganda about a Japanese merchant marine officer who rescues a Chinese orphan, and who becomes involved with Chinese spies.
- A father with no wife has three daughters with the oldest one (played by Hara Setsuko) at the age to be married off, which means the man needs to re-marry in order for someone to take care of him and his daughters. With the eldest and father now married, there is tension and an uncomfortable distance between the two remaining daughters and the mother-in-law. The man admonishes his daughters and notices that his middle daughter is hiding a photograph of her mother that she talks to every day. The father takes the photo away from his daughter.
- A professor finds himself beyond busy with his work and has been neglectful of his fiance (played by Hara Setsuko). He cannot find the time to properly socialize with her or take her on a date. Consequently, the relationship becomes rocky. The professor meets a woman who has lost her baby due to an illness. He is friendly towards her, she comes to believe that he is interested in her and proposes to him. The professor's fiance simultaneously gains the interest of another man.
- An aristocratic family's daughter is a strong princess. The lord is ill and bedridden. The daughter's younger brother is unhealthy and weak as well. The family's steward is aware that the family is weak heading towards financial ruin. The princess realizes that the man is conducting illegal activities and seeks to admonish and stop them. The steward claims the fiefdom's troubles requires it. Yet, he is on the take and pocketing money. The princess' servants are trustworthy and one is to report to shogun, but a visitor attempts to rape her before the servant's father intervenes resulting in an injury.
- A professor finds himself beyond busy with his work and has been neglectful of his fiance (played by Hara Setsuko). He cannot find the time to properly socialize with her or take her on a date. Consequently, the relationship becomes rocky. The professor meets a woman who has lost her baby due to an illness. He is friendly towards her, she comes to believe that he is interested in her and proposes to him. The professor's fiance simultaneously gains the interest of another man.
- Story of a gangster (Mihashi), newly released from prison, who specializes in blackmail. His standing in the underworld declining, he makes the risky move of blackmailing a government official tied to the Japanese mob.
- The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War of 1877 in Japan, which was the last civil war in the country, a criminal escapes prison only to be found by a monk. The criminal decides to turn a new leaf based on their conversation and goes on to become a town's mayor. He hears news of a mistaken arrest and identity. The revelation of truth is the start of a series of miseries.
- A rich bourgeoisie family has little care in the world and knows no other lifestyle. It is only the family's second daughter who has an insecure bone in her body and ponders a day when the good times might end. Then one day the family-owned company goes bankrupt and a new era begins.
- A documentary style film that depicts the battle in Shanghai during World War II using the city and its actual ruins as an actual backdrop to the narrative. The realism extended to the use of actual armaments and a tank as film devices. The film features Japanese star Hara Setsuko playing the role of a Chinese maiden.
- A film that begins with wit and comedy when a husband tries to hide and mask his drinking, which his Jesus freak and very Christian wife dislikes, by gargling and other methods, turns sombre when the man loses his job after being fired. He attempts to keep us appearances by having parties and still going to night clubs, which means money is even more of a short supply. He turns to gambling and the race horse tracks as a result.
- A family comprised of a father, mother and three sisters lives in a posh area. The father is a doctor who has to join the army and work at war. The four remaining women have to take care of themselves. The eldest sister is calm and lady-like. The middle sister (played by Hara Setsuko), in contrast, is active and contemporary. She aspires to be a physician too. The story is based on Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.