Benio, a peppy tomboy, is surprised to learn that she has been secretly betrothed by her grandfather to a young officer named Shinobu Ijuin. Because of his family’s noble status, Benio must first undergo rigorous training to learn how to be a proper bride and wife before she can marry. However, because of her vivacious personality, this proves to me more challenging than anyone imagined.

An unhappy young woman from an abusive family is married off to a fearsome and chilly army commander...

Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitment-phobic career woman may have to face h...

A film about peace, love and war. Dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the end of the Civil War in ...

The story follows Benio "Haikara-san" Hanamura, who lost her mother when she was very young and has ...

While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewi...

Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His m...

Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-m...

An account of the revolutionary years of the legendary American journalist John Reed, who shared his...

After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her moth...

Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop f...

A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repe...

After marrying the head of the military, Benio hears her husband died in Siberia during a war. Howev...

The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even...

Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single...

An adaptation of Akira Yoshimura's original suspense novel starring Rentaro Mikuni. 4th year of the ...

An account of the peasant turned mythical military hero Vasily Chapayev, charting his campaign in th...

Kenji, the eldest son of Masajiro, a wealthy moneylender, refuses to work in the family business and...

In the late 1890s, coal is a precious new natural resource. During an era of rapid economic growth, ...

The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an uneduc...

Veteran filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi rounds out the second of his two trilogies about his hometown of...