Hisao Toake

An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.

Ishun is a wealthy but unsympathetic master printer who has wrongly accused his wife and best employee of being lovers. To escape punishment, the accused run away together, but Ishun is certain to be ruined if word gets out.

The personal tales of various prostitutes who occupy a brothel.

A childless middle-aged couple faces a marital crisis.

After a bombing raid destroys the family store and her husband, Reiko rebuilds and runs the shop out of love stopped short by destruction.

An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.