Zatoichi's Conspiracy
Zatoichi, the famed blind swordsman, returns to his home village for the first time in many years. He is befriended by Omiyo, who had the same wet-nurse as Zatoichi. He also encounters a boyhood friend, Shinbei, who now is wealthy and appears not to remember Zatoichi. Shinbei seems to be interested in repaying the villagers' debts, but is in reality manipulating the ownership of a now-valuable rock quarry. Zatoichi learns of the subterfuge and confronts his old friend, who has a score of yakuza swordsmen backing his play.
Ecstasy of the Angels
A militant revolutionary group is torn apart by betrayal as its members descend into paranoia and sexual decadence.
Aka chôchin
A young and newly-married couple in Tokyo lives a hard life moving repeatedly because of their unfamiliar relationships with their surroundings.
Distant Thunder
A young man living on growing tomatoes in a greenhouse in a residential area. Tomato cultivation is as doomed as his personal life where he tries to keep alive his romance with the eccentric Kaede and parents selected fiancee Ayako.
The Horrible Obsessions
Detective Kikuchi is sent to Okinawa to investigate why a girl jumped from a window after shooting heroin. There, he encounters the usual assortment of addicts, dealers, pimps and sleazy American GIs.
Ballad of Orin
A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world imposes change around her.
Himiko
The myth of the Sun Goddess who founded Japanese society is seen through the lens of a modern view of history.
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Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Director
Tatsuo Endô
as
Boss Iwagoro
Kei Satô
as
Magistrate
Eiji Okada
as
Shinbei of Hitachiya
Rie Yokoyama
as
Yuri / Lily
Kôji Wakamatsu
Director
Hidekatsu Shibata
as
November
Ken Yoshizawa
as
October
Kôzaburô Onogawa
as
Saturday
Toshiya Fujita
Director
Chôichirô Kawarasaki
as
Hiroyuki Nagato
as
Middle-aged man
Kumiko Akiyoshi
as
Yukie Shimokawa
Kichitaro Negishi
Director
Toshiyuki Kitami
as
Akira Takahashi
as
Father of Ayako
Akemi Negishi
as
Mother of Hirotsugu
Tsunehiko Watase
as
Michitarô Mizushima
as
Shin'ichi Chiba
as
Kikuchi
Masahiro Shinoda
Director
Kotoe Hatsui
as
Yoshio Harada
as
Big Man
Kaoru Kobayashi
as
Torazo
Rentarô Mikuni
as
Nashime
Masao Kusakari
as
Takehiko
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