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...

An ailing barrister agrees to defend a man in a sensational murder trial where the unconvincing test...

A young writer for a newspaper's website becomes curious, then intrigued and finally obsessed with t...

An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they ...

Kuramoto, who works for a large trading company, is a skilled employee who is well-liked by the comp...

This psychedelic tour of life after death is seen entirely from the point of view of Oscar, a young ...

A man spends a summer day swimming home via all the pools in his quiet suburban neighborhood.

A popular high school girl is harassed by a delinquent boy until they are placed in creative writing...

One year after Stine's husband died, she reclusive lives with her daughter Stephanie in a suburban v...

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

Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find the...

A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrive...

Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She ...

Mr. Takazawa, an elderly invalid who is cared for at his home by Haruko, a young nursing student, is...

Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old -- as she approaches 50 -- for her role in a play ...

Based on Jim Harrison's book, "Farmer". 47-year-old Joseph Svenden lives on the family farm with his...

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

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

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