"No Regrets for Our Youth"
1946
Directed by Akira Kurosawa

An unusual feminist epic saga which focuses on a charming, talented and self-absorbed Japanese woman, Yukie, who is preparing herself for the role of a spoiled, cultured wife. She flirts with two suitors, one a disaffected leftist, the other a right-wing careerist, though she has no personal interest in politics. The earliest personal and first great film by Kurosawa, with a commanding performance by Setsuko Hara as the complex woman whose life unfolds against the backdrop of Japanese militarist society. Japanese with English subtitles.
110 minutes.