Flame of My Love / My Love is Burning / Waga koi wa moenu (1949)

In an obvious parallel to the changing world in which Japanese women were moving toward some form of independence as a result of the Occupation, Flame of My Love examines one of the earliest attempts to gain equality for Japanese women during the 1880s. Kinuyo Tanaka is Eiko. She is inspired by a meeting with …

Story of a Beloved Wife (1951)

Just as the title says, this is the story of a year in the life of a perfect wife, and just as you would also expect, it is a year that ends in a death scene. The primary interest is that this is an autobiographical movie by Kaneto Shindo about not only his first wife …