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: Renji Ishibashi, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Taiji Tonoyama, Yoshiko Maki, Tanie Kitabayashi
Gonsuke has had to leave town to find employment and is working at a sake brewery far from his hometown. He travels back to his hometown to see and be with his mother when he hears that she has fallen ill. Despite the urgency he is sidetracked when he comes across a married woman called Oshin.
Stars: Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Ken Ogata, Kôji Nanbara, Katsuo Nakamura
Kansuke Yamamoto is a samurai who dreams of a united and peaceful country. He serves Takeda, the lord of the Kai region. He convinces the lord to kill the lord of the neighboring region and get his wife. He then convinces Prince Yu to accept the deal and give birth to a son for Takeda and...
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: 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: Yôko Maki, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Miki Nakatani, Masahiro Kômoto, Shigeru Muroi
Genji Monogatari focuses on the love and hate relationships surrounding Hakaru Genji. Lady Fujitsubo is Genjis first love. Miyasutokoro Ryokuzono is obsessed with Genji and eventually becomes a spirit. Kao Yu, who is from the lower class, give comfort to Genjis emotional wounds. Writer Shikibu Murasaki is jealous of Genji and is eventually ordered by Abe Seime to ... Read all
Stars: Kiki Sukezane, Jack Huston, Alicia Vikander, Ken Yamamura, Yaeko Kimura
A mysterious woman with a dark past is interrogated to ask questions about her former friend who is now missing and who caused a love triangle and disrupted her relationship...
Stars: Tetsurô Tanba, Torahiko Hamada, Nenji Kobayashi, Shinsuke Ashida, Yuriko Hanabusa
The story of Natsuko, a bar owner in Tokyo, and Yuki, the owner of a Kyoto ryokan, who compete with each other to promote a profession.
