Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Takashi Shimura, Ichirô Nakatani, Akira Tani, Noriko Sengoku
A collection of four old Japanese tales, with a supernatural profile.
Stars: Seiji Miyaguchi, Yûnosuke Itô, Ken Mitsuda, Kinuyo Tanaka, Teiji Takahashi
The film tells the story of a remote village where the lack of food has led to the passing of a law according to which people over the age of seventy must be taken by their relatives to the top of Narayama Mountain to die a natural death. Orin's grandmother, who has reached the age of seventy, is ready to face her fate and...
Stars: Yôko Tsukasa, Daisuke Katô, Chieko Naniwa, Akira Takarada, Asao Uchida
The family of an elderly man who owns a small sake brewery is worried about his financial situation and health after they discover that he has been meeting an elderly lover from his teenage years...
Stars: Keiko Tsushima, Chishû Ryû, Kuniko Miyake, Hisao Toake, Eijirô Yanagi
A childless middle-aged married couple faces a marital crisis...
Stars: Daisuke Katô, Akira Tani, Takuzô Kumagai, Haruko Sugimura, Chikako Hosokawa
What is the life of a geisha after her beauty fades and she retires? Kim has saved her money and become a wealthy moneylender who spends her days collecting her debts. Even her best friends, her fellow geisha, are in debt. For all of them, the glory of their youth has passed and...
Stars: Nadao Kirino, Jun Tatara, Keiko Awaji, Yôko Katsuragi, Shin'ichi Himori
The story of the cruelty of the children of a caring mother who brought them out of the water and mud from the fire of World War II until their early youth.
Stars: Isuzu Yamada, Takamaru Sasaki, Mutsuko Sakura, Kikue Môri, Eijirô Yanagi
The film is an adaptation of Higuchi Ichiyō's 1895-1896 novel Takekurabe.
Stars: Fumio Watanabe, Yasuko Gotô, Yôji Doki, Nobuo Takagi, Hisashi Taki
A young man runs a scam and sells pigeons that always return to his home. A rich girl takes an interest in him and tries to help him find a good job...
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Michiya Higuchi, Yûnosuke Itô, Unpei Yokoyama, Torahiko Hamada
The film is about a group of Japanese soldiers during World War II who are imprisoned for crimes against humanity. The film is based on the real memories of prisoners...
Stars: Isao Kimura, Isao Yamagata, Yoshi Katô, Izumi Hara, Yûko Mochizuki
The heroes are all rice farmers and are trying to live in an unfriendly world...
Stars: Ichirô Nakatani, Sachio Sakai, Hideyo Amamoto, Bokuzen Hidari, Daigo Kusano
A poor servant, who dressed in the uniform of the royal army and introduced himself instead of one of them, returns to his village after ten years to root out corruption...
Stars: Eitarô Ozawa, Kôji Mitsui, Chishû Ryû, Haruko Chichibu, Hideko Takamine
A girl returns home after years of running away, but she is scandalized when it is revealed that she is a dancer.
