Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disa...

In 11th-century feudal Japan, following the exile of an idealistic governor, his wife and ...

An aging foundry patriarch, gripped by terror of nuclear annihilation, tries to uproot his...

In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high posi...

The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter th...

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a w...

An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Sh...

In a remote village where food is scarce, elders who reach the age of 70 are carried by th...

Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan ("Fumiko's F...

Though plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill hi...