With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ d...
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She ...
A modern geisha travels through Japan trying to find a job as entertainer, and ends up by finding lo...
Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a To...
Mr. Takazawa, an elderly invalid who is cared for at his home by Haruko, a young nursing student, is...
In order to avoid a jail sentence, Sean Boswell heads to Tokyo to live with his military father. In ...
In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret ...
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to v...
An American woman is stranded in Tokyo after breaking up with her boyfriend. Searching for direction...
A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship...
Anna Tsuchiya blasts back in time playing an oiran, a top-notched geisha of the Edo period’s Yoshiwa...
At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boardi...
Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the...
Max is a former playboy who has decided to settle down by marrying his current love, Muriel. However...
On Christmas Eve, three homeless people living on the streets of Tokyo discover a newborn baby among...
Teenage Mutsuko comes to Tokyo for work but ends up at a repair shop. She befriends the owner's fami...
A daughter is constantly overshadowed by her famous father, but she is determined to make her own ma...
In a small Tokyo apartment, twelve-year-old Akira must care for his younger siblings after their mot...
A mysterious woman, known as Madame M, kidnaps forty pre-teen girls and transports them to a remote ...