Stars: Tomie Kataoka, Kumiko Nishihara, Tadanobu Asano, Chieko Baishô, Mizuho Suzuki
The film tells the story of a woman who is forced to raise her two daughters alone after her husband is imprisoned for spreading dissenting views against Japan's invasion of China in Tokyo in the 1940s.
Stars: Miki Sanjô, Kazunaga Tsuji, Kayoko Shiraishi, Kuniko Miyake, Jun Hamamura
The film is the story of four sisters who come together every year to see the cherry blossoms in Tokyo. The film shows a clear picture of Japan before the war and...
Stars: Takeshi Katô, Sanpei Mine, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Taiji Tonoyama, Kin Sugai
A drama film made in 1962. This film won the Abbey Ribbon Award at the Cannes Film Festival that year
Stars: Renji Ishibashi, Miki Sanjô, Takashi Naitô, Ken Ogata, Keizô Kanie
Poet Akiko Yosano is a poor woman with many children, she composes while doing the housework. Her passion flows towards Takeo Arishima, a noted novelist.
Stars: Tetsurô Tanba, Kayoko Shiraishi, Toshiyuki Nishida, Tomokazu Miura, Katsuo Nakamura
Stars: Kamatari Fujiwara, Yoshi Katô, Ray Montgomery, Moeko Ezawa, Takeshi Watabe
Yamamoto Satsu is a nine-hour epic about the effects of war on five generations of a Japanese family.
Stars: Asao Koike, Mizuho Suzuki, Masao Shimizu, Mikizo Hirata, Chikako Hosokawa
The story of Dorodarake no junjô is about a yakuza member who experiences a complicated relationship with his girlfriend. For various reasons, the relationship between these two people is affected by issues and thus.....
Stars: Gaku Yamamoto, Gô Katô, Takeo Chii, Ruriko Asaoka, Mitsuko Mito
This epic film, which is the second part of the "Men and War" trilogy, is about war and its impact on humans. In this episode, it depicts the fortunes of a family called "Beggar" during Japan's all-out attack on China between 1935 and 1937. Two brothers from this family are serving in two different units of the army. . .
Stars: Takanobu Hozumi, Shinsuke Ashida, Shirô Yanase, Kotoe Hatsui, Ayako Fukuda
A rebel named Jiro must deal with an environment full of various crimes such as prostitution and... Jiro's choices have a huge impact on his life and his relationships with his mother as well as the girl he falls in love with. That's why Jiro decides to...
Stars: Seiji Miyaguchi, Chieko Baishô, Chishû Ryû, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Yoshio Yoshida
Tora returns to his family with a happy heart and tells them about his decision to marry a girl. But when the woman's missing husband is found, all the plans fall apart and...
Stars: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Gô Katô, Takahiro Tamura, Hideko Takamine, Shinobu Ôtake
The son of the family was killed by someone. His father has been pursuing the case for years in an effort to get the rights of the families who cannot meet their living expenses after their loved ones are killed and...
Stars: Kaori Nazuka, You, Min Tanaka, Yô Ôizumi, Hiromasa Taguchi
Facing challenges in his personal and professional life, Akio goes to Tokyo to visit his mother. There, he meets a cheerful and professional mother who shows a new face of him. As Akio interacts with his mother and a kind neighbor, he gradually discovers things about himself and his mother that he hadn't noticed before...
Stars: Ken Watanabe, Yû Fujiki, Satomi Ishihara, Moro Morooka, Teruyuki Kagawa
In 1868, after the fall of the Shogun-dominated Japan, the new government orders people from Awaji, near Kobe, to re-locate to the northern part of Hokkaido. These people once supported the...
Stars: Iris Karina, Karl W. Lohninger, Hikari Mitsushima, Rio Suzuki, Yûko Miyamoto
A lady called Mako has done well for herself and her business. A lady called Yukie is a devout housewife who has done what she needs to do and been good to everyone. Other than the obvious, they do not share much in common, but advanced cancer has given them a shared fate. They are about to die, but do not want to leave this mortal coil on that note. They decide to go... Read all
Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Isao Hashizume, Haru Kuroki, Kazunaga Tsuji, Nenji Kobayashi
The film is the story of a mother who lost her child during World War II with the atomic bombing of Nagasaki by America, and now after the end of the war, she lives with the grief of losing her son...
Stars: Yûko Takeuchi, Hiroshi Abe, Takashi Sasano, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tsurube Shôfukutei
The story happened in a cafe run by an elderly woman and her smart niece and...
Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Gaku Yamamoto, Isao Yamagata, Hiroshi Tanaka
The life story of Ryoma Sakamoto, the architect believed to be behind the fall of Kogawa. He was considered a rebel in his tribe, and was wanted by the government.
Stars: Min Tanaka, Yûsuke Iseya, Yuriko Ishida, Toshirô Yanagiba, Toshiyuki Nishida
Sawako worked as an emergency physician at a university hospital. Due to a situation, he returns to his father Tatsuro's house in Ishikawa Prefecture. Then he starts working at the local Mahoruba clinic. He works with Toro Clinic Manager, Nurse Mayo, and Seiji staff who...
