With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant portrait of a quartet of aging geishas contemplating their troubles with men and money.

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the he...

Kyoko Otonashi is a 22-year-old widow. Six months have passed since the sudden death of her husband,...

Northern Irishwoman Helen Cuffe (Julie Christie) is overwhelmed with sadness when her husband is kil...

Martha Beck, an obese nurse who is desperately lonely, joins a "correspondence club" and finds a rom...

Magali, forty-something, is a winemaker and a widow: she loves her work but feels lonely. Her friend...

A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist, and her st...

Kunjoonjamma Thomas is a widow living in the village all by herself. People always make fun of her b...

Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment mil...

In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a ma...

When an alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to ...

In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In ...

A young boy takes interest in piano while his family begins to disintegrate around him after his fat...

Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges f...

When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rival...

When a young boy comes in to see a doctor abourt a red mark on his face, the doctor's wife welcomes ...

In the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, a twelve-year-old boy is left to his own devices in order to help ...

It was a pre-destined love and marriage for Sonoko and Tetsuo. They tied the knot and became husband...

Kale has a life most teenagers would envy. He spends his days endlessly playing video games, surfing...

A successful advertising journalist, embarks on a journey to Egypt where he encounters Maryam, a str...