AKIRA KUROSAWA'S EARLY CAREER IS EXPOSED ON THIS COLLECTION OF FIVE FILM FROM 1946-1955. NO REGRETS FOR OUR YOUTH IS A TOUCHING TALE ABOUT A YOUNG GIRL FROM A PRIVILEGED BACKGROUND WHO IS EXPOSED TO JAPAN'S PEASANT FARMERS; ONE WONDERFUL SUNDAY FOLLOWS THE ACTIVITIES OF A COUPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH THE POOR POSTWAR ECONOMIC CLIMATE OF THE COUNTRY; SCANDAL STARS TOSHIRO MIFUNE AS A PAINTER EMBROILED IN A TABLOID SCANDAL; THE IDIOT IS AN ADAPTATION OF DOSTOYEVSKY'S CLASSIC NOVEL; AND, FINALLY, I LIVE IN FEAR ALSO STARS MIFUNE, THIS TIME PLAYING A MAN WHO IS TERRIFIED OF THE ATOMIC BOMB.