Guest at 'Salon X'
Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as they once were.
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Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), Kaji, un japonés pacifista, trata de librarse del servicio militar aceptando un trabajo como supervisor laboral en las minas de la Manchuria ocupada. Kaji se dedica a mejorar las pésimas condiciones de vida de los prisioneros, pero sus esfuerzos son despreciados por el jefe del campo de concentración. Un día, el odio acumulado estalla y tiene terribles consecuencias.
Farmer
After surviving the double suicide pact she made with her lover, a woman gives birth to their child.
Fukagawa station section chief
Basándose en una novela del ex periodista de sucesos Seicho Matsumoto, el film describe la operación de vigilancia de un sospechoso por parte de dos policías.
A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusing to bear its burdens as a whole.
A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. His parents are fishmongers, and Yoichi lives together with them and his four siblings in cramped living conditions. His beloved younger sister is given to a wealthy, childless uncle; his best friend moves away; the girl he fell in love with from afar is with someone else: little by little, Yoichi loses all the people that are important to him.
