Shin Saburi

Ashita Koso

画家・重宗恒有

The 8th NHK Asadora. Starring Yumiko Fujita in a family drama. The first Asadora filmed in color.

May Love Be Restored

Jishu Tagami

A tragic love story between a prostitute and a young trainee monk.

Ashura no Gotoku

Kuniko Mukōda's masterpiece, a poignant and subtle portrait of the jealousy and suspicion that secretly swirl behind seemingly peaceful family relationships.

Late Autumn

Soichi Mamiya

A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.

Island of Hell

Priest Ryonen

A scruffy detective investigates the murders of three sisters on a small Japanese island in 1946.

The Castle of Sand

Ex-Finance Minister, Shigeki Tadokoro

Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

Mokichi Satake

The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.

Equinox Flower

Wataru Hirayama

Wataru's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares her love for a coworker and is adamant to live her own way, instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage. Outwitted by his female relatives, Hirayama stubbornly refuses to admit defeat.

There Was a Father

Yasutaro Kurokawa

Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

Japan's Don

Kazumasa Sakura

A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.

Frozen River

A young doctor starts working at a mental hospital in the Yokohama region and falls in love with one of the patients there.

August Without Emperor

Gozo Ohata

Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, the coup squadrons are wiped out one by one. The remaining squadron takes over a night train bound for Tokyo.

Island of the Evil Spirits

Daizen Osakabe

Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi follows a dying man's words to an enigmatic island, where he meets beautiful twin sisters and tragic events unfold.

The Incident

Judge Tanimoto

The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest. Some days later, Ueda Hiroshi, a 19-year-old shipyard worker, is arrested and charged with the murder. At Ueda's trial, a complex story unfolds.

The Family

Daisuke Manpyo

Set in the post-World War II climate of the 1960s in Kobe, the movie explores the struggle for power within the powerful Manpyo family.

The Three Undelivered Letters

Mitsumasa

A young Japanese-American man arrives at his grandmother's old hometown in Yamaguchi, begins to stay at her family's elite but dysfunctional household, and gets entangled in a sinister plot of murder.

Magnitude 7.9

A large earthquake hits Tokyo, which was predicted by a seismologist but was ignored.

The Wicked

Chief Judge

A selfish playboy uses rich women to pay off his debts. Divorcing his wife and marrying the woman he loves throws him into a spiral of destruction.

Rainy Night Duel

Masazumi Asaji

Masahiko Koseki, a judo master, gets in several fights as a result of protecting a young woman. Despite his success, Koseki is expelled from his judo school because of his propensity for street fighting. He goes to work for a gangster named Joji, but when he realizes that Joji is mixed up in the slave trade, Koseki helps the police in their attempts to foil Joji.

Fountainhead

A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.