At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area of low-class “untouchables,” leaving his hometown to serve as an elementary school teacher where he excels and is loved by his students. But he constantly struggles with the secret of his low-birth status and is disturbed by all of the discrimination levelled upon his class. It prevents him from pursuing a romance with Shiho, whom he meets at the temple where he resides, but who descends from a samurai family.

A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effectiv...

Handsome but backward gardener Tim Melville has a new woman in his life. She is Mary, his widowed em...

In 1899, Lord Kang must decide which of his three sons will take over his family's Chinese banking e...

Lyla was once a concert pianist, and the love of her life was once George. A memory stirred up at th...

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of la...

A switchman at a seaside railway witnesses a murder but does not report it after he finds a suitcase...

Satan tempts Father Dossignan, who is trying to save the soul of a young girl who killed one of her ...

Meursault is a man who feels utterly isolated from everyone and everything around him. This alienati...

Kon Ichikawa's retelling of the classic true story of Samurai honor. When a young clan lord is force...

Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "...

After ex-con Joe Braxton violates his probation, he is given a second chance. All he has to do is dr...

In 1870 Friendship, Wisconsin, a small town of Scandinavian settlers still suffering the repercussio...

27-year-old Eto Kana lives in Tokyo and has never been out of the city before. She used to work as a...

During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Gr...

In a remote region of Wales, five travelers beset by a relentless storm find shelter in an old mansi...

Country bumpkin Haruko only ever wanted to become a maiko, an apprentice geisha. Initially rebuffed ...

Work life for Shunsuke Osaki has been success after success, but at some point his family began to s...

At Sakurada Gate in 1860, the shogun’s chief minister and his retinue of bodyguards are ambushed and...

A rebellious high school senior falls for a quiet, faith-driven girl after being forced to participa...