Fujisancho

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped by the lord. Her husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to rescue her.

19. yüzyılın sonlarında, Narayama Dağı’nın eteğindeki ıssız, küçük bir köyde, aşırı yoksullukla başa çıkabilmek için acımasız bir uygulama benimsenmiştir. Fazla çocuklar baştan atılır, yetmişine gelen ihtiyarlar ise ölmeleri için dağın doruğuna taşınır. Orin’in de vakti yaklaşmaktadır ve yaşlı kadın sakin sakin ailesinin sorunlarını çözümler... Rahatsız edici ve izlemesi zor da olsa, İmamura’nın şiirsel ve canlı anlatım dili, güzel manzaraların hoşluğuyla köylülerin görünürdeki vahşi davranışını dengelemeyi başarıyor.

Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.

Marie-Lou Fontaine, director of a nursing home in the Paris suburbs, defies convention by adopting the 'Humanitude' method despite her team’s resistance. Her encounter with Mari Morisaki, a terminally ill Japanese playwright, transforms her life. Together, they turn the facility into a symbol of resistance and humanity against the system’s limits.

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

The murder of a young girl leaves the inhabitants of a small Japanese village in shock. The body of Emili is found by four classmates with whom she was playing. The murder is never solved. Emili's mother, Asako, is torn by grief and puts a curse on the four girls when they claim not to remember the killer's face. Each of the girls, in their own way, will do penance for their silence.