War photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.

The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular...

Historical fiction about the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945, ...

Takahagi Sutegoro is highly skilled at casing locations for thieves so that he can sell detailed flo...

Vicky recalls her romances with her exes Hao Hao and Jack in the neon-lit clubs of Taipei.

It is the Edo Period. Younosuke, Nami, and Koutaro of the Hayate School and Ikkaku and Ikki of the I...

A man witnesses a fatal traffic accident on his way home from work, and the victim is clearly killed...

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow rec...

Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, whic...

Sen no Rikyu (Ebizo Ichikawa) is the son of a fish shop owner. Sen no Rikyu then studies tea and eve...

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

In the turbulent last days of the Edo period, Kawai Tsugunosuke, a Japanese samurai serving the Maki...

A bitter battle is fought between Australian and Japanese soldiers along the Kokoda trail in New Gui...

The erotic novelist Taeko is writing a morbid story of a family destroyed by incest, murder and abus...

> Story 1: "Missing" > Story 2: "Miss Ringo" (ミスりんご) > Story 3: "Tea Brewer" (お茶をつぐ) Raita is a d...

Thirteen years after abandoning his wife and two sons by stepping out for a pack of cigarettes and n...

Raised suckling poison arrows among the sparring Iga ninja factions, Mumon is a carefree 16th-centur...

Three tales that center around sex and citizens of Tokyo: A repressed woman embraces her sexuality, ...

At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area o...

It's summer vacation, but two high schoolers have been instructed to clean the (empty) swimming pool...