Jūkichi Uno

14. yüzyılda Japonya'da geçen hikayede savaşa giden ve geri dönmeyen bir adamın annesi ve karısı bataklıkta yolunu gözlemeye başlar. Yoldan geçen askerleri öldürüp eşyalarını çalarak yaşayan kadınlar, bir gün gizemli bir adamla tanışır. Adam onlara boşuna beklememelerini çünkü yaşlı kadının oğlunun çoktan öldüğünü söyler. Bu haber taze gelini üzdüğü kadar, duygularını da harekete geçirir. Arzuları yeniden alevlenen genç kadın ile bu yabancı buluşup sevişmeye başlarlar. Fakat gelinin bu adamla birlikte olmasını kıskanmaya başlayan yaşlı kadın onları rahat bırakmayacaktır. Her şey yaşlı kadının bir maske bulması ile farklı bir yöne sürüklenecektir.

A young engineer and a pure-hearted mountain girl take on the challenges of the Akan primeval forest, where lawlessness and violence run rampant.

Ellili yaşlarına gelmiş olan Oharu, bir zamanlar Kyoto'da bir imparatorluk mahkemesinde nedimelik yapmıştır. Artık erkekler üzerindeki etkisini yitirmiştir. Bİr zamanlar kendinden daha alt statüde bir adama aşık olmuş ve bu ortaya çıktığında ailesiyle birlikte sürgün edilmiştir. İhara Saikaku'nun 'Aşka Aşık Kadın' romanından uyarlanmıştır.

A moving story depicting the spirit of a young marathon runner who set a new world record in Boston, encouraged by the love of his family, a young woman’s prayers, and warm friendship.

Five years after the end of the Second World War, Reikichi, a repatriated veteran, translates love letters for Japanese women to American GIs, while searching for his lost love, Michiko.

İkinci kuşak Sovyet sinemacılarından biri Mikhail Romm. Hemen tümü arşivlerden derlenmiş, aralarında Hitler’in özel film arşivi, SS subaylarının çektiği özel filmler, Sovyetler’in ve diğer kimi ülkelerin devlet arşivleri gibi kaynaklar da bulunan bir materyali kurgulayarak oluşturduğu anıtsal “Sıradan Faşizm” filmiyle, Almanya’da Nazizm’in 1930’larda başlayan yükselişini ve savaş sonuyla birlikte gelen çöküşünü anlatıyor. Bunun yanı sıra, aynı zamanda, “faşizm”in içinde oluştuğu koşulları, sıradan, küçük, önemsiz bulunan olaycıklarla, tehlikeli hoşgörülerle, gündelik boş verişlerle, yerine getirilmeyen görevler ve kaçınılan sorumluluklarla nasıl palazlandığını da gösteriyor. Bir taraftan “eğlenceye boğulmuş” ve çökmekte olan “soyluları ve zenginleriyle”, diğer taraftansa, Hitler ve Mussolini’nin şahsında cisimleşen pespaye bir hakimiyet tutkusuyla çok başarılı bir üslupla dalga geçerken, diğer taraftan bu kepazeliklerin ağır bedellerini de seyircinin önüne koyuyor.

An industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is abroad in Europe at the time, and a glimpse of a Japanese woman in that setting causes him to imagine her as the personification of his impending fate. As his dialogue with his imagined mortality continues, he meets the living woman, the template for his fantasy, and together, they tour rural churches. Gradually, he comes to some kind of peace about the diagnosis. When he returns to Japan, he is met with a series of challenges that profoundly test the lessons he has learned.

Four sisters with no consanguinity are living together since childhood. When facing misfortune and grievances in lives, they give support and encouragement to each other, even sacrifice oneself to help others.

Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath.

Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of the massive Kurobe Dam. The tunnel crosses an earthquake fault and Kitagawa is beleaguered not only by cave-ins and flooding, but by strife between management and the workers's union. Adding to Kitagawa's stress is the knowledge that as his attention is pulled inexorably toward the tunnel construction, his youngest daughter is dying from leukemia.

When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his children into unsatisfying marriages and careers in order to regain financial stability.

In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visiting liberal intellectual.

Based on "Une vie" by Guy de Maupassant

It's a story of the life of a man who advocated the necessity of sex education to children, which was unusual at the time, solely opposed to the amendment of the Peace Preservation Law, and was assassinated by a rightist prior to his opposition speech.

Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal spring.

The God of Water and the Goddess of Fire, who once lived in harmony, were torn apart by the Lord of the Winds. Their children, Sirius, heir to the Water Kingdom, and Malta, heir to the Fire Kingdom, become aware of the existence of their other worlds and fall in love. Their parents, however, disapprove, leading to a tale of star-crossed lovers trapped between life and death, water and fire.

When bribe money from a rigged election funnels into a dam construction project, collusion, lust, greed and even murder are on the ballot.

Little dark-eyed boy Kazuo. Yes, he dreamed of the sea. However, like everyone here in the village. Kazuo only wanted to study first, to finish school... But he failed. Mother died. The woman who replaced her brought with her affection, comfort, and warmth of mother's hands. It seemed that joy settled in their house again. But one day a storm caught the fishermen at sea. Father did not return... Father's friends, fishermen, tried to help the widow, who was left with two children. But the money was still not enough. And then Kazuo decided to become a fisherman. After all, he was now the eldest in the family...

A man driven mad amid the ravages of war, a woman who never found true love, and an innocent young man—all drawn once again to the military port now returned to peace.

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a plan to rob a cash delivery truck in order to provide for their families.

Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko Otowa stars as the wife who supports him through his early struggles.

A tale of melancholy centered on a couple of engineers at a power plant in the north and a pure romance with a female engineer.

The story began in the early summer of 1942 when 'Tatsurou' met 'Setsuko' at Karuizawa. Its love at first sight but sadly 'Setsuko' was pledged to marry a stranger by her parent. She ran away from her hometown and arrived at Tokyo in search of her love one. War erupted then and Tatsurou was summoned to service. As be set foot on a snow-capped mountain before his imminent departure, they promised to each other to press on until they meet again. But, soon she was fallen very ill to TB

33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 19-year-old innocent young wife. After graduating from a girls' school in Hokuriku, she immediately moved to Tokyo to meet and marry Ogata. After neatly writing Ogata's manuscript, he would buy dorayaki as a gratuity and devour it.

The 7th NHK Asadora. Starring Tadashi Yokouchi in a narrative about an employee of the national railroad living through 50 years of modern history with his wife.

Orphaned Remi gets hired out to a traveling street entertainer Vitalis when her foster parents fall on hard times.

The story follows the Nakamori family in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, where half of the year is buried by deep snow.

A heartwarming and hilarious story about a photographer, Genta Ikenaka, who goes to live with the three daughters left by his wife, Tsuruko, who died shortly after their marriage.

The story chronicles the life of Nagao Kagetora.

"Ako Roshi" is a group of 47 former retainers of Lord Asano. Lord Asano was forced to commit suicide after attempting to kill Lord Kira. Once the retainers hear about their Lord's death, they sacrifice their lives to regain the honor of their former master.