Ichiro’s family used to be a large landowner, but now he is living in poverty with his mother. His mother works hard to get her son through school. Under such circumstances, Ichiro meets Wakako, the daughter of a wealthy man, and they fall in love with each other, but they are opposed by those around them because of their different social status.

A samurai answers a village's request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs pr...

Workers in a factory in pre-revolutionary Russia go on strike and are met by violent suppression.

Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their fe...

Late Taishō period. The Shibatora family, led by Naojirō, held power over the Tomigawara area in Jōs...

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

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

The struggle of a small group of blacksmiths trapped between keeping a long going strike with claims...

In response to a sudden dismissal of staff, workers at a big retail store begin a protest against th...

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

Wendy, a Chinese “parachute kid,” is struggling to adapt to her new American life.

In post-World War I Winnipeg, a Ukrainian immigrant and a Jewish woman get caught up in a labour str...

Josh Thomas is an artist grieving the loss of his wife, channelling inner turmoil into art. When pre...

In a small town on the countryside, every young boy is forced to have the same bowl-head haircut kno...

Siena is able to see signs that people will die. The sign appeared on Brama, someone she loves. Sien...

After the relatively low box office takings of 'Intolerance', D. W. Griffith would revisit his epic ...

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

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