Kenji Ushiba

Tsutomu Yamaguchi is a hibakusha. A survivor of both atomic bomb blasts in 1945. First at Hiroshima, then again at Nagasaki. Now nearing 90, Yamaguchi finally speaks out. Breaking taboos of shame and sorrow, he responds to a call to fight for a world without nuclear weapons by telling his story, so that no one else will ever have to tell one like it again. Twice reconstructs Yamaguchi’s experiences in 1945 Japan, interviews him on the after-effects of exposure and documents the last five years of the late-blooming activist’s life.

人気女優として活躍する名美は、夫の洋介との愛のない結婚生活に心身ともに疲れ果てていた。そんな彼女の新作主演映画は、夫の不倫に傷つき精神のバランスを崩したヒロインが、娼婦として街に立つというスキャンダラスな内容。孤独な女の生きざまに迫った物語は、いつしか名美の人生と重なってゆく。

1952（昭和27）年、夏の東京。小説家の関口はちまたで広まる、産婦人科の大病院である久遠寺医院の娘・梗子が、妊娠20カ月目を迎えたのに一向に出産する気配がなく、しかも彼女の夫は1年半前に医院の密室から忽然と消え、以来、行方不明となっているという不思議な噂を耳にする。雑誌の依頼で事件を取材することになった関口は、古本屋の店主にして神社の神主でもある、博覧強記の友人・京極堂に相談を持ちかける。

荒野を歩き続けていた男の意識が、やがて錯乱の淵へ堕ちていく悪夢譚、「火星の運河」。殺人事件の現場に残された和鏡の謎を追う、美青年・透と明智小五郎の物語「鏡地獄」。廃墟でひっそりと暮らす、胴体だけの夫とその妻の奇行を、一人の男が屋根裏から監視し記録する「芋虫」。恋焦がれる女優を殺害した運転手の、異常な執着を描く「蟲」。4つの物語は、やがてひとつの大きな流れへと向かっていく。

昭和二年、古本屋の女将が殺されるという事件が起きた。第一発見者が逮捕されるが、やがて他の者にも嫌疑がかかる。『屋根裏の散歩者』に続いて実相寺昭雄が監督した、明智小五郎を探偵役とする佳品。原作は江戸川乱歩の2つの短編「D坂の殺人事件」と「心理試験」。物語は真田広之演ずる贋作師・蕗屋が依頼された春画の製作を中心に、妖しくもつれた人間関係を官能的に描いていく。

A biographical dramatization about the production of the original Ultraman, the beloved classic special effects fantasy series from Eiji Tsuburaya.

A decadent count in 1920′s Japan becomes obsessed with the life and works of the Marquis de Sade. He creates a theatre to show plays adapted from the notorious writer’s novels and recruits thieves, prostitutes and low lives to act out his fantasies on stage for the delectation of his rich, jaded friends. In search of new sensations the nobleman orders one of the actors, on pain of death, to make love to the nobleman’s wife while he watches. Unfortunately, this incursion of real life into his fantasy world will have dire consequences for the count and his divinely decadent coterie.

Nagare, a painter who wanted to commit a lover’s suicide with Mizue, the wife of his friend and patron Takigawa. Growing afraid at the last moment, he doesn’t go through with it – but Mizue sinks to the bottom of Blue Lake. Some time later, Nagare follows an invitation by Takigawa, who claims to have forgiven everything. To Nagare’s shock, Takigawa’s new wife, Ameko, looks exactly like Mizue. While staying as Takigawa’s guest, Nagare becomes haunted by Mizue’s ghost, who wants to be reunited with him at the bottom of Blue Lake.

After Emiko, a bookstore owner, is driven to suicide by loan sharks, her orphaned son Eisuke decides to take his revenge on them. As Eisuke has no relatives, he is taken in by Keiko, who keeps an eye out for him due to his unusual behavior. One day, Eisuke breaks into the loan company with an improvised gun. In the moment, Keiko ends up becoming Eisuke's accomplice and helps him succeed in the robbery. However, the two are surprised when they hear something on the TV news that differs from the truth.

The story of a Japanese man who as a 16-year-old went to Maui to work in the sugar cane fields in order to support his family back in Japan. Now 89 and still living in Hawaii he is visited by his granddaughter who brings him a letter from his disinherited and recently dead son. This brings back memories of his life with his wife and family following the attack on Pearl Harbor, in particular of his son who had gone off to join the war for the Americans.

A woman fears for the safety of her fiance after his three brothers mysteriously disappear.

From Hokkaido to Tokyo, hunting dog Goro embarks on a long and grueling journey to reach home. With the loss of his master who held a secret to a weapons smuggling case and the corruptions of those who are involved, Goro's adventure unfolds.