Stars: Takashi Miike, Yoshiko Tanaka, Taiji Tonoyama, Kazuko Shirakawa, Kazuo Kitamura
Mr. and Mrs. Shizuma and their nephew Yasuko make their way through the ruins of Hiroshima right after the atomic bomb. Five years later, Yasuko lives with her uncle, aunt, and grandmother in a village where most of the survivors of the bombing are located. She does not seem to be affected by the bomb, but Shizuma is worried about her future and...
Stars: Dean Fujioka, Ju-Lung Ma, Chie Tanaka, Mei-Ling Lo, Jun'ichi Haruta
With the rule of Japanese laws in Taiwan, people are forced to abandon their traditional culture and their beliefs. After witnessing thirty years of oppression, the protagonist stands against the Japanese and in 1930, a group gathers around him and goes to war with 300 people....
Stars: Susumu Terajima, Tetsu Watanabe, Meijin Serizawa, Keiko Kagimoto, Claude Maki
The life of a young and sad couple takes on a different color after the son becomes interested in surfing and...
Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Yuriko Ishida, Toshie Negishi, Hiroshi Katsuno, Hitoshi Ômae
1965. A high school student surrounded by the wonderful voice of his friend Yasfumi and together with his three friends form their own music group.
Stars: Kaori Momoi, Chieko Baishô, Sakae Umezu, Makoto Akatsuka, Mari Okamoto
Three complete strangers decide to go on a trip to Hokkaido together and...
Stars: Toshirô Ishidô, Shô Aikawa, Sei Hiraizumi, Naoya Nosaka, Ken Kitamura
Yamashita finds out that his wife is meeting a man when he is not at home, so he suddenly returns home and murders her. After eight years in prison, he goes to a small village and establishes a hairdressing salon. One day, he finds an unconscious woman who committed suicide, who reminds him of his wife and...
Stars: Yôko Maki, Tamae Andô, Teruyuki Kagawa, Hirofumi Arai, Mayumi Tenkô
On the anniversary of the death of the Tokyo-based photographer's mother, an event occurs, the son returns to his hometown for the funeral. What follows is a return to the past that...
Stars: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Mansaku Ikeuchi, Suzuki Matsuo, Akira Emoto, Hikari Mitsushima
The murder of a young woman provokes reactions about the ugliness and degradation of modern society.
Stars: Arata Iura, Daisuke Iijima, Ichirô Ogura, Shinobu Terajima, Gô Jibiki
During the Second World War between Japan, Sergeant Kurokawa returns home as a soldier with honor, but while he lost his arms and legs in the battlefield. All hopes, from the men and women of the village to the close relatives of his wife, Shigeko. He must take good care of her and make the emperor and the country proud...
Stars: Mako Ishino, Mitsuru Hirata, Ryô Ikebe, Hôsei Komatsu, Ryôko Tateishi
Eiji, also known as Choji, quits the shipyard to start Izakaya Choji (snack bar) with his wife Shigeko on the outskirts of Hakodate.
Stars: Takeshi Katô, Takako Irie, Miki Sanjô, Eitarô Ozawa, Kayoko Shiraishi
Kosuke goes to a photo studio to get his passport photo taken. There, he happens to meet a girl who has come to request a wedding anniversary photoshoot and...
Stars: Renji Ishibashi, Masatô Ibu, Shima Iwashita, Nenji Kobayashi, Junko Miyashita
Feeling guilty for his forbidden desires, the young man leaves home and school. He finds a new smaller place to live, a low paying but satisfying job and a girlfriend. then...
Stars: Mansaku Fuwa, Masahiro Kômoto, Takashi Sasano, Kai Inowaki, Shirô Sano
"Wasao", the Akita dog in Aomori Prefecture, which became famous as an ugly-yet-cute dog in the eyes of travelers. The sad tragedy played by "Wasau" portrays a part of this dog's life.
