Stars: Kirin Kiki, Nenji Kobayashi, Saito Yuki
Tachibana Rin, nicknamed Hankunma (in Fukushima dialect, older son), grew up in Soma, Fukushima. Rin and her mother, Yae, worked hard to earn money so that she could enter a prestigious school in Miyagi, where she would study English and learn special sciences. After marriage, Rin moves to Tokyo with his wife and family and eventually joins a newspaper and becomes one of the first Japanese newspaper reporters.
Stars: Hiroyuki Sanada, Takashi Yamazaki, Min Tanaka, Rie Miyazawa, Tetsurô Tanba
19th century A low-ranking samurai protects his old lover, who has recently separated from her cruel husband...
Stars: Isao Natsuyagi, Tetsurô Tanba, Sakae Umezu, Takashi Sue, Yumiko Fujita
A woman's quest to find the truth about her husband's death in World War II.
Stars: Ken Ogata, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Taiji Tonoyama, Ben Hiura, Aki Takejô
A remote village on a hill below Narayama mountain. Late winter, 19th century. The people of the village are suffering from famine, and according to tradition, the eldest son of the family must lead his parents to the top of Narayama mountain at the age of seventy to die of hunger there. But Orin (Sakamoto) is still in good health at the age of sixty-nine.
Stars: Kaori Momoi, Takuya Kimura, R. Bruce Elliott, Kenny Green, Jerry Russell
A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife who sacrifices herself to defend his honor...
Stars: Min Tanaka, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Yôji Matsuda, Chieko Baishô, Tomoko Tabata
In the middle of the 19th century, Yashiro bids farewell to his samurai friends Monzo and Samon and leaves his group to take up an important job in the government...
Stars: Yû Aoi, Jun Fubuki, Isao Hashizume, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kazuko Yoshiyuki
In this updated take on Tokyo Story, a retired teacher and his wife visit their three children in modern Tokyo and...
Stars: Riki Takeuchi, Tôru Minegishi, Toshie Negishi, Genki Yoshimura, Akira Ôizumi
Summer 1937 Japan begins a war with China. Militaristic moods are growing in the country. A group of Japanese schoolchildren do not understand the militaristic hysteria of adults.
Stars: Isao Hashizume, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Chieko Baishô, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Haru Kuroki
A maid falls in love with a man who has a secret relationship with the lady of the house. The servant is torn between his love and loyalty to the lady of the house.
Stars: Seizô Fukumoto, Takashi Noguchi, Asao Koike, Isao Natsuyagi, Asao Uchida
The conflict between the Hirono family and the Yamamori family (and their allies) is exacerbated by ambitious underlings and police efforts to crack down on the gangs.
Stars: Tôru Minegishi, Satomi Kobayashi, Toshie Negishi, Yumiko Fujita, Kumeko Urabe
Hiroki is a lonely high school student chasing a lovely girl, but a mysterious girl appears in his life. Does he make sacrifices and give up his love...
Stars: Isao Natsuyagi, Fumio Watanabe, Saburô Date, Kôji Fujiyama, Shinzô Hotta
After cooperating with the police, Matusa is again sentenced to prison and sent to one of the worst women's prisons in the country.
Stars: Seizô Fukumoto, Takashi Noguchi, Ichirô Nakatani, Shin'ichi Chiba, Takeo Chii
A group of yakuza move from Osaka hoping to dominate the snowy region of Hokuwariko and start a bloody war with local gangs.
Stars: Yôji Tanaka, Renji Ishibashi, Ryôko Hirosue, Yoshiko Tanaka, Mitsuru Hirata
The lonely and elderly manager of a railway station remembers his past memories when he learns that the station is on the verge of closure due to lack of profit and...
Stars: Fumio Watanabe, Reiko Kasahara, Kyôichi Satô, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Shinzô Hotta
"Matsu", known as "Scorpion" among the inmates, is locked up in the worst part of the prison on the charge of attacking the warden and disturbing the public order. Having only one day to visit someone, he attacks the prison chief again. This causes more brutal punishments and...
Stars: Seizaburô Kawazu, Takashi Shimura, Bokuzen Hidari, Kôji Fujiyama, Rin'ichi Yamamoto
Hidejuro is arrested and imprisoned after killing the head of a rival family. After Hidejuro is released, he finds that his family has fallen apart and is then hired as a mine worker. The head of this mine believes in...
Stars: Isuzu Yamada, Kaori Momoi, Akira Nagoya, Tetsurô Tanba, Eitarô Ozawa
The story follow a court case of a woman accused of having killed her husband.
Stars: Hiroyuki Sanada, Seizô Fukumoto, Isuzu Yamada, Ichirô Nakatani, Isao Natsuyagi
Following the death of the Tokugawa Shogun, it was revealed that he had been poisoned by his son's guards in hopes of getting him despite his stuttering and birthmark that undermined his respectability. Imitsu and...
Stars: Seizô Fukumoto, Nobuo Kaneko, Nagisa Ôshima, Hideo Murota, Kin Sugai
A police inspector intervenes in the work of the yakuza, but as soon as he realizes that the police are negotiating with these groups, he unites with his group and...
Stars: Asao Koike, Asao Uchida, Kôji Fujiyama, Takeo Chii, Hideo Murota
A yakuza gang member, feeling disrespected and lacking in authority, decides to lead the rest of the gangs he once belonged to in order to keep his area safe...
