My Son! My Son!
A man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families.
Everything Goes Wrong
Everything goes wrong when Jiro tries to break up his mother's relationship with a business man. The young rebel Jiro has to deal with an environment of crime and prostitution, and the impact of its choices on personal relationships: one with his mother, one with her business man lover and one with the girl in love with him.
Dorodarake no junjô
Jiro, a young yakuza, and Mami, a diplomat’s daughter, are two young lovers from different worlds. Having met by accident, they soon discover a new life together. But their love is ill-fated. Mami's family will not accept her choice, while leading an honest life seems like an unattainable goal for Jiro. Can there be anything else but a tragic ending?
Bakumatsu
The story of Ryoma Sakamoto, considered to be the architect behind the downfall of the Tokugawa shogunate. He was considered an outlaw by his own clan, hunted by his government, and was despised by supporters of the Shogun as well as the Loyalists for desiring the opening of Japan to the West in order to learn its technology, in the hopes of one day defeating the West with a modern army and navy.
Cape Nostalgia
Etsuko's café in her peaceful little seaside town is where everyone gathers to gossip and taste her famous brew. But the winds of change are beginning to blow.
About Her Brother
Ginko's younger brother Tetsuro, a failed comedian, is the oddball of the family. Embarrassing, loud and plain inappropriate at times causes Ginko to disown him. The two reunite when she discovers Tetsuro is terminally ill. Tetsuro’s impending death marks the beginning of love and toleration.
Kyûpora no aru machi
Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and one girl's dreams of higher education.
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
Nobuko works in Nagasaki, Japan as a midwife. Her son died 3 years earlier from the atomic bomb. On August 9, 1948, her son appears in front of her again. Since that time, Koji appears in front of her and they reminiscence about pleasant times. These happy, but bizarre moments seem eternal.
Station to Heaven
From a true incident that happened in 1960's Japan. This drama is contemporary in setting but medieval in its characters and emotions as it focuses on a tangled web of murder and deceit encountered by a beautiful woman, Kayo after her abusive husband is murdered.
A Morning of Farewell
Sawako worked as an emergency physician at a university hospital. Due to to a situation, she returns to her father Tatsuro's home in Ishikawa Prefecture. She then begins to work at the local Mahoroba Clinic. She works with the clinic director Toru, Nurse Mayo and staff Seiji. Seiji, who worked with Sawako at the university hospital, followed her and works with her again. Mahoroba Clinic provides home healthcare to patients. Sawako visits the patients' homes and provides treatment there. At first, she has a hard time due to the different system. She becomes acclimated to the different system and finds a way to deal with the patients, their lives, and their families. --asianwiki
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
While Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house, Torajiro befriends three young women on vacation during his travels.
Tora-san's Lovesick
After Torajiro's latest attempt to find a bride goes awry, he starts traveling again and runs into Utako (last seen in Tora-san's Dear Old Home), now a widow.
Buddha: The Great Departure
Prince Siddhartha is heir to the Shakya kingdom, which is constantly at war with the more powerful Kosala kingdom. His father tries to raise as him as a warrior leader and to shield him from the miseries of the world. Meeting the young outcast girl Migaila, Siddhartha experiences love for the first time but also witnesses the suffering that afflicts humankind. Meanwhile, in Kosala, Chapra rises through the military, despite his lowly origins, to become a hero and general of the army. A final showdown between the two kingdoms forces Siddhartha to re-evaluate the path he is following.
The Gate of Youth
Mainly the story of Shinsuke and his stepmother, ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of the life of the characters. Shinsuke's father dies while bravely using dynamite to rescue a group of trapped Korean miners. Several older men attempt to help he and his mother cope, including a kind Korean and a Harley-riding yakuza.
Mom, Is That You?!
Akio, an HR worker, visits his transformed mother Fukue in Tokyo. Baffled by her new lively self, he encounters a friendly neighbor. Through these interactions, Akio gains new perspectives, noticing overlooked aspects of life.
The Makioka Sisters
This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between their activities and the seasonal variations in Japan.
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Keisuke Kinoshita
Director
Sanae Takasugi
as
Kazuyo Sakai
Tomisaburô Wakayama
as
Shuzo Kawase
Sayuri Yoshinaga
as
Yasuko Shibata
Hideko Takamine
as
Yukie Kawase
Seijun Suzuki
Director
Shinsuke Ashida
as
Keigo Nambara
Kotoe Hatsui
as
Ritsuko
Chikako Miyagi
as
Yukie
Kô Nakahira
Director
Mizuho Suzuki
as
Detective Tonegawa
Masako Izumi
as
Kazue
Chikako Hosokawa
as
Kinko, Mami's mother
Daisuke Itô
Director
Tatsuya Nakadai
as
Shintaro Nakaoka
Toshirô Mifune
as
Shojiro Goto
Takashi Sasano
as
Hiroshi Abe
as
Eiko Koike
as
Eri
Yuriko Ishida
as
Chiyaki Komiyana
Yû Aoi
as
Koharu Takano
Ryô Kase
as
Toru Nagata
Takeshi Katô
as
Mr. Noda
Eijirô Tôno
as
Tatsugorô Ishiguro
Kazunari Ninomiya
as
Koji Fukuhara
Tadanobu Asano
as
Kuroda
Yuriko Hirooka
as
Tomie
Tomokazu Miura
as
Kouichi Hashimoto
Masahiko Tsugawa
as
Kouji Fukumi
Nobuyoshi Araki
as
Photographer
Suzu Hirose
as
Mayo Hoshino
Tôri Matsuzaka
as
Seiji Noro
Gin Maeda
as
Hiroshi
Shunji Sayama
as
Real estate agent C
Hisao Dazai
as
Umetaro
Gajirô Satô
as
Gen
Sayaka Ohara
as
Pajapati
Takahiro Sakurai
as
(voice)
Chôichirô Kawarasaki
as
Kaneyama, Korean man
Keiko Takahashi
as
Piano Teacher
Hiromasa Taguchi
as
Yô Ôizumi
as
Akio Kanzaki
You
as
Kotoko Andersson
Kon Ichikawa
Director
Akemi Negishi
as
Mrs. Shimozuma
Yoshiko Sakuma
as
Sachiko Makioka
Jun Hashizume
as
Soldier on train
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