Sansho the Bailiff

Follows a woman's fight and survival amid the vicissitudes of life and the cruelty of society.

An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.

A retelling of Emily Bronte's tale of vengeance and obsessive love, set in medieval Japan.

Poor, pathetic mother Ose has four children, three daughters and a son, by four different men.

In 1949, Mr. Shimoyama, governor of Japan National Railroads, was found dead, run by train, after a mysterious disappearance. Officially it was considered suicide, but many suspected he was killed for

A mistress of a drug dealer in post-war Japan is shocked when she discovers that he is having an affair with her sister.

In 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern.

The head of a Japanese theatre troupe returns to a small coastal town where he left a son who thinks he is his uncle, and tries to make up for the lost time, but his current mistress grows jealous.

A young man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital romance.

Alternating in time, between the end of World War II and 1953, Haruko, a widow, does what she can to keep her daughter Utako and son Seiichi safe, fed, and sheltered. By 1953, it's clear that the chil

The trials and tribulations of Eddie and other transvestites in Japan.

A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.