TV film about the "Nishiyama Incident", a scandal surrounding the 1972 return of Okinawa to Japan. Produced to commemorate the 20th anniversary of TV Asahi in 1978 and released theatrically by Office Henmi in 1988.
The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in Japan. The silk mills were located in Okaya which lies just beyond the Nomugi Pass. The women and girls worked in a hot, humid atmosphere without rest, and endured those conditions and sexual harassment to earn money for their poor families. Across the ocean, it was the great depression in America.
世界で初めて農民を組織したといわれる大原幽学を主人公に、笹川繁蔵、平手造酒、飯岡助五郎など浪曲でお馴じみの「天保水滸伝」をからませて、その時代に生きた人間群像を描く。脚本は「わが青春のとき」の山内久、監督は「不毛地帯」の山本薩夫、撮影は「君よ憤怒の河を渉れ」の小林節雄がそれぞれ担当。
Mariko
A tale of wannabe yakuza youths. When not cooking up scams with his buddies, Zenkichi develops a crush on Taro's disgusted sister, Miki. But soon the young hoods run afoul of their underworld idols when they rob the wrong gang, led by brutal boss Konno. When Zenkichi's pals start to bite the dust, he hooks up with a more traditional yakuza, Tetsugoro, to retaliate.
Katsue
A Yasuzō Masumura film about a love affair starring Ayako Wakao. The literal title is The Two Who Got Wet.
Okinu
In the 19th century Edo period, sisters Oshizu and Otaka have sacrificed their personal happiness to work and care for their ailing father. Otaka falls in love, but can’t accept a marriage proposal since her older sister needs to marry first. When Oshizu learns of this decision, she takes matters in her own hands.
Michiko's mother
During a Soviet circus tour in Japan, a small street musician, Ken, meets a clown, Yuri Nikulin. Upon learning that his sick father is being treated in the Soviet Union, Ken sets off in search of him. The friendship of the great clown and the boy continues in Moscow.
A film dealing with the trials and tribulations of a primary school before and after the Pacific War, set in Fukashima Prefecture.
Japanese comedy directed by Noriaki Yuasa.
Hiroko Naganuma
A man operates a small real estate business near Osaka. A man from Tokyo asks for help in buying a large tract of land in order, he says, to build an automobile factory. But by accident the realtor learns that the Tokaido Railway Line is going to be built directly across the land just acquired.
Two sisters live with their family. The elder is reserved; the younger lively. Yet, the former is first engaged and all goes well until the young man disappears
Namiko gets a crush on Ishizuka, a young CEO of a nightclub, but he was plotting to destroy her husband’s company by greenmail.
Otoku
A young man who followed his father's wishes and became a travel actor causes a big commotion with his fellow members of the Gurentai group during their travel destination! Innocent to cute girls and reckless to bad guys! Exciting entertainment!
Sensei
Two car manufacturers spy on each other to try to find out details and prices of a new sports car each is about to launch.
Otoku
One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.
The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, his world is changing completely : his wife behaves like never before, considering she's now rich and has the right to do whatever she wants, even having an affair. (Also occasionally known in English as “Overflow”)
A young offender who is already guilty of many crimes is sentenced again for rape. Upon his release from prison, a year later, the victim waits to kill him.
開高健の同盟原作小説を、増村保造が映画化した社会派ドラマ。キャラメルを主力商品とするワールド製菓株式会社では、売上の頭打ちに悩んでいた。重役たちはその原因を宣伝効果の不足にあると決め付け、同業他社に抜きん出た宣伝活動を宣伝部に求めた。野心に燃える宣伝課課長の合田（高松英郎）は子供の興味の傾向に注目した豪華景品を企画する。一方、無名の少女・京子（野添ひとみ）をマスコミ人脈を使って有名人にまつりあげたのち商品のイメージキャラクターとしてデビューさせる。京子は宣伝部員・西（川口浩）らの手によってスターダムにのし上って行くのだが…。
Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she is not who she thought she was.
Landlady
In Asakusa, Tokyo, a couple of a violinist Yamano and a revue dancer Hanae lives in poverty. One day Hanae’s little sister rolls into their apartment and begins to stir things up with her riotousness.
Toshio's mother
While working in an education center for lonely children, a mother seeks her missing son.
Yorie
赤線地帯にある特殊飲食店「夢の里」の主人は、国会に上程されている売春禁止法案が可決されたら売春婦はみな投獄されると、女たちを慌てさせる。より江はなじみ客と結婚するが、夫婦生活が破綻し舞い戻ってきた。一人息子のために働くゆめ子だったが、その息子から縁を切られ発狂してしまった。やすみは自分に貢いでくれた客に殺されかけた。ラジオが売春禁止法案の否決を伝えると、「夢の里」は再び客の呼び込みを始めた。そしてそこには、店を辞めたやすみに代わり、下働きだったしず子の姿があった。
Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after Hayase lost his parents in a war. Hayase has been secretly married to Otsuta, a former geisha, and has been unable to tell Sakai of the marriage, aware as he is that Sakai wants him to marry his daughter, Taeko. Otsuta wants Hayase to tell Sakai about her, but understands the difficulty of his position. At a festival, Otsuta is mistaken for a pickpocket and taken to the police. Because of her background as a geisha, newspaper reporters eagerly delve into her past and report that she has been married to Hayase. Unaware of what has been printed in the papers, Hayase decides to tell Sakai about his marriage. Sakai shows the newspaper to him and orders Hayase to part with Otsuta. Given no chance to explain, Hayase accepts Sakai's order.
A young woman, who must support her father as a middle-aged man's mistress, finds herself falling in love with a student closer to her age.
Nurse Imai
前線の野戦病院で次々と運ばれてくる負傷兵を必死に治療する軍医・藤崎。彼はふとした不注意から手術中に小指にキズをつくってしまい、そこから梅毒に感染してしまう。藤崎は誰にも打ち明けることなく、秘かにサルバルサンの注射を打ち続けるが大した効果はなかった。復員後、藤崎は恋人の美佐緒にも病気を隠し続け、次第に彼女を避けるようになるのだった……
Family Blossoms
This film begins with a teacher describing to his students how brave the crew was which died as result of Japan's first submarine accident. The film then follows two of the pupils, one becomes a submarine captain and the other designs submarines.
