Junkichi Orimoto

松田コウジ（高橋一生）の父・雅人（リリー・フランキー）は、ギャンブルで借金を作って13年前に姿を消し、見つかったときには余命3か月だった。母の洋子（神野三鈴）と兄のヨシユキ（斎藤工）は見舞いを拒むが、幼いころ父とキャッチボールをした思い出があるコウジは入院先を訪ねる。しかし家族の溝は埋まらないまま、雅人は帰らぬ人となり……。

司法試験に一発で合格し充実した結婚生活を送っているはずが、実際にはどちらも順調とは言い難く空虚な日々を過ごしている女弁護士・徹子。そんな彼女のもとに、婚約破棄で慰謝料を請求されたという同い年の従姉・夏子がやってくる。社交的で自分とは何もかも対照的な夏子を子供のころから嫌っていた徹子だったが、久しぶりに会ってからというもの、夏子に振り回される日々となる。

介護ヘルパーのサワは、亡くなる前におじいちゃんと寝てあげてという派遣先の家族から突拍子もない依頼を受ける。そこで思い掛けない事件に巻き込まれて職を失い、無一文となり困窮したサワは、町で見掛けたワケあり老人の押し掛けヘルパーを始めることになる。

Two sisters living on a peach farm in Koori town, Fukushima Prefecture,are opposites. Haruka Miyamoto feels less beautiful than her sister Akiba Miyamoto and hates being compared to her. She finds comfort in playing a piano in a barn. A year after the Great East Japan Earthquake, she decides she wants to be a pianist. Akiba, for her part, moved to Tokyo to attend college. When she moves back to Koori, Haruka is unsettled and memories connected to the disaster she has tried to forget resurface.

"Elite" members of an insurance company are gathered together to form a unit to investigate an accident and whether the company needs to pay out on the insurance policy or not.

Aki, who loves freedom, mets Masaya, an aspiring watchmaker. The two have opposite personalities and initially clash. The two reach better terms when Masaya is able to see Akis inner pain. Eventually, Masaya uncovers Akis sad past which was supposed to be held secret from everyone.

Momotaro and Hidemaro are 1st-years at Otokojuku, a private boys school where true men are made. Momotaro, proficient in academics and martial arts becomes good friends with Hidemaro an underachieving weakling. Omito Date, former student leader, plans his revenge against his former school. Now leader of an evil army from rival Kanto Gogakuren school he fully intends on taking over Otokojuku.

Jun, a 16-year-old teen, refuses to stand while the national anthem is being played at his graduation ceremony. This event will totally change his life, as he involuntarily becomes the new hero of a rebel anti-system youth. Singer Muy's pop music and his friend, Nozomi, with whom he shares his sadness and hatred for the society that surrounds them, help him bear his terrible loneliness.

The experiences and relationships of five senior students at a rural high school, during the last year leading to graduation.

Middle-aged farmer Noda Masao (Daichi Yasuo) is a good, honest man, but his attempts for marriage have all met with failure. Through a friend, Masao meets Liberty (Ruby Moreno), a Filipino woman working in Japan. When they decide to get married, Masao borrows money from his Agricultural Association and travels to the Philippines for the wedding - only to discover that it was all a scam. Stranded in Manila with no money, Masao ends up staying to work. One day he meets a beautiful farmer's daughter, Christina (Alice Dixson), reawakening not only his chances for love, but also his love for farming.

日本最大の暴力団・佐橋組の組長の死を発端に、組の跡目をめぐって若頭補佐の粟野と、若手実力者の中平の関係が悪化。そんな中、粟野組の門谷は、幼馴染のコリアン実業家の栃野と再会し、組の抗争へと巻き込まれていく。

Kodama learns that his old classmate Hayashi is getting married to an idol, and organizes a junior high school reunion.

Yukihiko's first film.

岩手県釜石市で、一之助の市民大学の講演会にかこつけ釣りを楽しんだ“釣りバカ”コンビ。運転免許のない伝助の替わりに、車の運転をした一之助が、市の役員に運転手と間違えられ、伝助を社長に仕立てる。伝助は鈴木建設社長として講演会でワルノリ・スピーチをしてしまう。 一方、釜石の旅館の仲居・澄子（久野綾希子）の優しさにふれた一之助。そのまま運転手と偽って、遠野に渓流釣りデートと洒落込むが・・・

A violent detective who can handle assault and blackmail in a straight forward manner.

A Tokyo psychiatrist is hoping to better his career by marrying the daughter of a prominent doctor. The match is threatened however when an attractive but very troubled tourist guide comes to him for consultation...

A trading company employee's girlfriend loses her memory while on a trip. In place of the friend who was supposed to have accompanied her the whole time is a mysterious man.

Eighteen-year-old Isamu works at a coffee shop. Rebelling against his father, he eloped with Momo (Yasuko Tomita). One night, Isamu injures a middle-aged woman by hitting her with his bicycle.

社長の息子は35にもなって独身。社長秘書と結婚を決意し愛人と別れようとするが事件が起きる。

主水の同僚であり、隣人でもあった同心・清原が殺された。清原は両替商の枡屋をゆすって金を脅し取ろうとしていたことから、枡屋の代理人・真砂屋に刺されたのだ。主水が捜査を始めた一方、枡屋は主水に刺客を放つが、主水は辛うじて切り抜ける。だがそんな時、主水が手を出した娘が自殺、主水は窮地に立たされる。実はその自殺もまた枡屋の謀略だった。憤る主水は、久しぶりに再会したかんざし刺しの秀ら仲間たちと反撃に転じる。

ゴジラシリーズ第16作。ゴジラ生誕30周年記念として前作から9年振りに制作された。1975年まで制作された「昭和シリーズ」との繋がりはなく、第1作(1954年)「ゴジラ」の直接の続編としてリブートされた、俗に言う「平成シリーズ」の第1作。大黒島沖で遭難した漁船の生存者・奥村は荒れ狂う嵐の中で巨大な怪物の姿を目撃していた。奥村を救助した東都日報の牧は生物学者・林田の助言を求めるが、林田は30年前に帝都を襲撃し東京湾で葬られたゴジラが目覚めたと推測。はたしてゴジラは復活していた。ソ連原潜を沈め、静岡井浜原発に現れると放射能を吸収し海へと消えたゴジラ。だがそれは破滅へのプロローグでしかなかった。

物語は三島由紀夫最後の一日となる朝から始まり、『金閣寺』『鏡子の家』『奔馬』を劇中劇として見せながら三島の生涯を描いていく。 どもりを持つ学生・溝口は金閣寺はその美しさに見苦しい自分の姿を責め悩み、放火をしてしまう『金閣寺』。容姿端麗で華奢な美青年・治が、最後はマゾヒスティックな狂愛に溺れていく『鏡子の家』。剣道に励む青年が同じ学生仲間とクーデターを決起する『奔馬』。そして、三島由紀夫の最期の瞬間に至る…。

ゴジラシリーズ第16作。ゴジラ生誕30周年記念として前作から9年振りに制作された。1975年まで制作された「昭和シリーズ」との繋がりはなく、第1作(1954年)「ゴジラ」の直接の続編としてリブートされた、俗に言う「平成シリーズ」の第1作。大黒島沖で遭難した漁船の生存者・奥村は荒れ狂う嵐の中で巨大な怪物の姿を目撃していた。奥村を救助した東都日報の牧は生物学者・林田の助言を求めるが、林田は30年前に帝都を襲撃し東京湾で葬られたゴジラが目覚めたと推測。はたしてゴジラは復活していた。ソ連原潜を沈め、静岡井浜原発に現れると放射能を吸収し海へと消えたゴジラ。だがそれは破滅へのプロローグでしかなかった。

A double suicide happens in Morioka in Iwate Prefecture. The two were employees of rival real estate companies. A prosecutor who senses a setup exposes the truth.

An office lady joins a "mistress bank", starts falling in love with her client and gets involved in a murder case.

This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first woman to be awarded the Order of Culture. The title refers to the masterpiece bijinga ("picture of a beautiful woman") that Uemura painted at the age of 61. The main character, Tsuya Shimamura, is born in Kyoto as the second daughter of a tea trader who dies before her birth. Tsuya, who loves painting more than anything and is hopeless at housework, attends art school and at age 15 receives the name Shōsui (from the characters for "pine" and "green") from her teacher. The crown prince of England purchases one of her works, propelling her to fame overnight. The novel portrays the remainder of her stormy life, during which she is impregnated by her teacher and raises a fatherless child; through it all she devotes herself to her painting, undaunted.

Story of three people, a barber, a Christian and a graduate of the Tokyo Military Academy during the 2nd World War.

Brings Shingo face to face against Yagyu Tajima, the Shogun’s fencing instructor in a match that could save a domain near Osaka.  Meanwhile Shogun Yoshimune must face a painful decision whether or not he can finally see his son for the first time.

The president of the Japanese National Railways is found dead during a period in which train service is plagued by numerous layoffs, strikes and shutdowns. The government says that the president was murdered; the police claim it was a suicide. A quizzical reporter follows the case for years, but the basic question remains unanswered: was the victim killed by members of the burgeoning Communist movement in Japan, or was the death stage-managed by the authorities in hopes of discrediting the Communists?

その日、警察官の英次は雪の降り続く銭函駅ホームで、妻の直子と、4歳になる息子義高に別れを告げた。離婚を承諾した直子は、動き出した汽車の中で、英次に笑って敬礼するが、その目には涙が溢れていた。苛酷な仕事と、オリンピックの射撃選手に選ばれ合宿生活が続いていたことも原因であった。傷心をひきずる中、ある日の検問中、英次の上司・相馬が英次の目前で連続警察官射殺犯“指名22号”・森岡茂に射殺された。中川警視の「お前には日本人全ての期待がわかっている」との言葉に、犯人を追跡したい英次の願いは聞き入れられなかった。テレビが東京オリンピックマラソン競技三位の円谷幸吉の自殺を報じていた。「これ以上走れない……」英次にその気持が痛いほどわかった。

昭和15年、船大工の小田切武市は、ひとり息子の正人が海軍兵学校に合格したと聞き、大喜び。一方、考古学者の本郷は、長男の英一が自分の反対を押し切って海軍少尉となったのに引きかえ、次男の真二が自分と同じ学問の道に進むと聞いて、ほっと胸をなでおろす。翌年、日本はハワイの真珠湾を攻撃して太平洋戦争が勃発。たえず死と隣り合わせにある英一は、恋人の陽子と結婚するが、彼女に指一本触れることなく戦場に舞い戻る。

A tragic love story between a prostitute and a young trainee monk.

早大文学部に通うまり子は、アルバイト先で知り合った同じ大学の橋本と同棲していた。そんなある日、以前つきあっていたルポライターの恒雄が戻ってきた…。

Samonji, a reporter, receives a message on his answering machine from his friend Takada that says "stop it... zero plan! February." Learning that Takada is dead, Samonji begins an investigation. He and his younger sister Fumiko investigate major events happening in February but cannot find anything relevant. Meanwhile, Kanzaki, a doctor who works at a clinic on a remote island, is working on a plan to extort two billion yen.

「柳生一族の陰謀」の深作欣二と萬屋錦之介が忠臣蔵に挑んだ大型時代劇。様式美にとらわれないドキュメンタリータッチの作風で描く。 吉良上野介に対し刃傷に及んだ浅野内匠頭が切腹させられ、赤穂はお家断絶となり、領地を召し上げられてしまう。大石内蔵助は家臣たちから誓紙血判を集め、仇討ちの準備を始める。

深作欣二がスターウォーズブームの中製作した便乗映画。ストーリーは里見八犬伝に材を採っていたりと安直な部分もあるが、ビック・モローの起用、原寸大のリアベ号の建造など話題性は充分だった。『スター・ウォーズ』に比べ特撮の出来は見劣りはするものの、合成を使わずに戦闘機の追跡シーンを作り上げた点などが海外では高く評価された。 アンドロメダ星雲の惑星ジルーシアは皇帝ロクセイア12世の率いるガバナス帝国の侵略によって「惑星大要塞」へと改造されてしまっていた。ジルーシア人の大酋長キドは奇跡の救い手の勇者を求め、「聖なるリアベの実」8個を宇宙へと放ち、キドの孫娘エメラリーダと戦士のウロッコ2名に、実を追って勇者を迎えに行くように指示した。だがロクセイアはぬかりなく追撃の宇宙戦艦を発進させる。 リアベの実は、銀河系の地球連邦の植民惑星ミラゼリアで、軍に失望して辞職した元将軍のガルダ、宇宙暴走族の若者シローとアロン、チンピラのジャック、富豪令嬢のメイア5名の元に届く。 若者達は「宇宙ボタル」の採集中に難破したエメラリーダの宇宙船を見つけ、エメラリーダとウロッコを救い出すが、2人から使命を聞かされて戸惑う。ガルダは若者達の様子を見て、実を返却して参加を固辞してしまう。シロー等はメイアには内緒で、他の勇者を紹介すると嘘をつき、息子の嫁探しをしていた老婆にエメラリーダを売ってしまう。老婆とエメラリーダはその後ガバナスの追跡部隊に捕縛されてしまう。 メイアはシロー等の行動を知り大いに怒る。改心した若者達は協力してジルーシア救出の準備を開始する。メイアの宇宙艇をシロー・アロンの小型艇を搭載できるように改修し、ジルーシアへと向かう。その途中でリアベの実を持つガバナス人のハンスが加わる。ハンスはロクセイアに地位を簒奪された、ガバナスの本来の皇位継承者だった。 一方、ガバナスは地球の美しさに魅了され、地球連邦へと無条件降伏を迫る。 その混乱の最中、ガルダと合流したシローたち6名は、惑星要塞の破壊とエメラーリダ救出のため、ガバナスの要塞内へと侵入。残る2名の仲間も集い、8名はロクセイアとの対決に挑む。

A nurse is framed for her involvement in the hospital murder of a politician who was threatening to expose corrupt practices. She escapes from jail but is captured and sent back, resulting in the rest of the inmates being punished, added to which of a new, tougher, head of security arrives to take up her new job....

福井の富安組組長・安浦と若頭・川田の間でトラブルが発生。安浦から相談を受けた弟分の万谷は、彼に大阪浅田組の金井を紹介する。そんな中、この機会を利用して、北陸を侵略する金井。そこで、川田は北陸を取り戻そうと立ち上がる。

A yakuza leader must balance his violent tactics necessary for the rough streets of 1960s Tokyo with the domestic needs of his daughters.

抗争事件を追い続け、十年のキャリアを誇る敏腕刑事“黒岩竜”。だが彼は、警察と暴力団の黒い癒着を知り、正義と狂気入り混じる異常なまでの暴力と愛に、自ら身を落としてゆく...。暴力戦争から政略戦争へと政策転換する現代やくざ社会とそれを取り締まる警察官僚機構――その狭間ではみ出していく一匹刑事の凄絶な生きざまを、冷酷かつハードなタッチで描く衝撃作！

昭和46年12月。本土復帰を翌年に控えた沖縄では、本土系暴力団の沖縄進出に対抗すべく、大城（大城朝光理事長）派と、対立関係にある国頭（国頭正剛理事長）派が互いに手を結び、「沖縄連合琉盛会」を結成した。だが、外部に向っては、「琉盛会」は一致団結したものの、その内部、国頭派系内部で紛争が持ち上がった。

菅原が日本最大の暴力団組長に果敢に挑む。仁義なき戦いシリーズでは主人公が組長に利用され翻弄される役割であったが、遂に暴れ犬文太の真骨頂をこの最終作で見ることができる。

Amidst Japan's postwar economic boom, yakuza factions in Osaka fight for survival when Japan's largest crime syndicate plans a hostile takeover.

舞台は1968年（昭和43年）6月、門司港にて旅人の黒田修次は大和田組幹部で友人の楠鉄弥のために敵対する共栄会会長の正木巌を銃殺し、服役する。7年半の刑期を努めた黒田は楠を尋ねるが、そこには薬物中毒で大和田組を破門された、廃人同然の楠の姿があった。

Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government bureaucracy and indifference all along the way.

広能組・打本会の連合と山守組との広島抗争は、警察による組長クラスの一斉検挙、いわゆる「頂上作戦」によって終息に向かう。打本会は解散し、広能組長・広能昌三は網走刑務所に収監された。一方、山守組側では逮捕されるも未決保釈となった最高幹部・武田明が広島に散在するやくざ組織に大同団結を呼びかけ、市民社会からの厳しい視線をかわすため政治結社「天政会」として統一組織を立ち上げた。しかし天政会は、会長・武田明、理事・江田省一らの主流派と副会長・大友勝利、幹事長・早川英男らの反主流派とに分かれ一枚岩ではなかった。

「男はつらいよ」シリーズ第11作。 初夏の北海道網走に出向いていた寅次郎は、そこでドサ回りの三流歌手リリー松岡（松岡清子）と出会う。何かにつけて悪態をつく男勝りのリリーに寅次郎も最初のうちは手を焼いた。が、やがてそれが虚勢だと気づいた寅次郎は、自分の身の上とリリーの育った環境が良く似ていることから同情心を抱く。リリーも心に傷を負った寅次郎の話を聞くうちに、寅次郎を兄のように慕うようになった。しかし、寅次郎の同情心はやがて抑えがたいほどの恋心へと変化していくのであった。

A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.

A detective is charged with investigating a bank corruption scandal.

竹中は協立コンツェルンの城所に会社を奪われ、その上、恋人までも取られてしまった。父親も兄も自殺に追いやられた。竹中は憤り、城所を殺そうとして失敗。獄中で一人うめいていた。やがて、十年の刑期を終えて出所した竹中は、城所一味への復讐を深く心に秘めて、ち密な計画を開始させる。

Kiba Okaminosuke finds himself entangled with a group of prisoners being transported to their executions, one of whom oddly looks exactly like his dead father. There are crooked gold miners, a beautiful girl who is unfortunately a complete lunatic and a dojo master who is obsessed with killing Kiba just to prove that his school's sword style is the best.

金はなくとも人が好い素浪人・牙狼之介。彼は、抜きざま三人、振り下ろしてまた五人と、あっという間に人を斬る、居合斬りの凄い奴！五社英雄監督に抜擢された夏八木勲が、主人公・牙狼之介に扮して大迫力の殺陣を披露した主演デビュー作。

Bungo becomes a single parent when his wife leaves him because of his drinking and gambling. Deciding to quit his vices, he works menial jobs, drifting from city to city. However, not completely losing his gambling tastes, he became a hunted man and must escape to Tokyo after he was found cheating at dice. Bungo and his son Kenichi comes upon the Kizaki Family in Asakusa, where more troubles are awaiting them...

Loyal samurai Samanosuke is attacked, mutilated, and left for dead while carrying out a mission for his clan. He recovers but has lost an eye and an arm. Taking a new identity as Tange Sazen, he searches for a stolen urn which has hidden significance to his clan. But Tange Sazen has his own reasons for seeking the urn.

Hidejiro is a wandering yakuza with a ‘karashi botan’ (Chinese lion and peony) tattoo. Owing a favor to the Soda Family, he kills the boss of the rival Sakaki Family. When the Soda attacks the Sakaki and double-crosses him, with sword in hand, Hidejiro seeks brutal retribution.

「黒髪」：妻を捨て、京都から遠い任地へと赴いた武士。そこで彼は、良い家柄の娘と結婚するが、彼女は冷酷な女で、男は今さら、別れた妻のことを思い出すのだった。やがて任期を終え、京都に戻った彼は最初の妻と再会するが…。「雪女」：きこりの巳之吉は、森へ薪を採りに入ったところで吹雪に遭い、山小屋に閉じ込められるはめに。その晩彼は、雪女の姿を目の当たりにし…。ほかに「耳無し抱一の話」「茶碗の中」の計4編。

The first film with Tetsuro Tamba as a detective. An exciting drama about the pursuit of a criminal, which takes place in Yokohama. Tamba enthusiastically plays a police inspector who pursues a criminal who kidnapped his sister.

This tragic drama shows a young man fettered by Bushido, the way of the Samurai, who tried to escape the chains of his position, but was being forced to die. When the Tokugawa Shogunate ruled the land, Tatsuno castle in Wakisaka Clan's home of Harima held an established custom, the inspection of the arms warehouse. The Government Inspector Okuno Magodayu found a slight bit of dirt on the point of a spear and mentioned it with disdain. Ezaki Shinpachi heard it and started an argument with him. Magodayu then sent a a letter of challenge to him because he felt insulted by a low-ranking underling without a title. As it turned out Magodayu was killed. Since then, Shinpachi and the Okuno family have had continuous revenge duels. The tension mounts as this story builds to an extremely violent climax, when blood must pay for blood if the clan is to survive!

Assassination begins with the events of 1853 when "four black ships" anchored at Edo Bay, sparking civil unrest and the major political manoeuvring that saw the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. At a time when assassination had become a disturbing political tool, Shinoda's film follows Hachiro Kiyokawa, an ambitious, masterless samurai whose allegiances drift dangerously between the Shogunate and the Emperor.

The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, cold-hearted father and a submissive mother. The year is 1910 and the place is a small Japanese village. Goichi is suffering because he wants to go to school, but his family is too poor to afford that luxury. Even when a kind friend agrees to help out, Goichi's father refuses to give in to his son's request for an education. Instead, he sends Goichi off to work as an indentured servant for a cold-hearted merchant and his family. As tragedy strikes and the suffering of the young boy increases, he begins to look for some way out of his bleak situation.

丹波哲郎、平幹二朗、長門勇。若き日の大御所３人が暴れまわり、当時大人気となったTVシリーズの映画化。五社英雄の記念すべき初監督作品でもある。時代劇全盛期の迫力ある殺陣は今でもまったく色褪せない。

Director Jun'ya Satô's debut film focuses on the inhuman training of recruits, the brutal drill system that reigned in the Japanese army during World War II, where in the first two years of training, ordinary people were turned into inhuman killers. For his first film, the director was awarded the Blue Ribbon Awards in the Debutant of the Year nomination.

A gang plans to steal twenty billion yen by safecracking tactics; however, they discover that one of the gang members is an infiltrating cop.

Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood.

Film about the 2-26 Incident.

A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother.

The lives of several Japanese families are shattered as the USA and the USSR move toward war, Japan finds itself caught in the middle, and Tokyo is ultimately evacuated as the two superpowers invoke the 'nuclear option'.

Sheriff Goro goes undercover to investigate drug smugglers.

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service. He accepts, and moves to Manchuria with his newly-wed wife Michiko, but when he tries to put his ideas of more humane treatment into practice, he finds himself at odds with scheming officials, cruel foremen, and the military police.

Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and husband, is suddenly arrested by the Prefectural Police as a war criminal and sued for murder. According to the accusation by GHQ, Toyomatsu "attemped to kill a US prisoner", which was nothing but an order by his superior and failed after all with hurting the prisoner by weak Toyomatsu. Also, Toyomatsu was driven to corner at the trial by the fact that he fed the US prisoner some burdock roots to nourish him. Toyomatsu believes nothing but being not guilty, but he is sentenced to death by hanging. Prior to the execution, Toyomatsu writes a long farewell letter to his family, the wife and the only son: "If I ever incarnate, I hate to be a human being any more.... Oh yes, I would like to be...a shellfish living on the rock-bottom of the sea."

暗黒の夜空に広がる断末魔の絶叫！顔を見られたスリは、時々恐ろしい殺人凶行に出るものである。無残に横たわる惨殺死体をめぐって、警視庁捜査陣は俄然色めき立ち、悲嘆にくれる被害者の妻子の身辺はもちろん、現場付近の聞き込みに万全を期すとともに、草の根を分けて現場の検証に乗り出した。その結果、被害者のものと思われる血糊のついた財布を発見。さらには女物の財布やイヤリングなどが見つかる。女物の財布は男娼が以前掏られたものと判明、男娼の証言で胡麻塩頭のスリの存在が浮かび上がってきた。だが翌日、胡麻塩頭の男は轢死体となって発見された―。

Junai Monogatari AKA Story of Pure Love is about two poor youths, Mitsuko and Kando, rebelling against society in various ways, who are desperately trying to be together despite tortuous circumstances. The film depicts their lives as thieves, menial laborers who can get little pay, society outcasts, and of course, lovers. Junai Monogatari depicts, mostly, their struggles within the Japanese reformatory system and Mitsuko's worsening sickness.

A talent scout moves sharply, dead-set on signing a promising athlete to the baseball team the Toyko Flowers.

Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.

Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her budding vocation as a poet. The beginning of her successful literary career coincides with her divorce and her breast cancer diagnosis. In the last stage of her life, she meets a young journalist from Tokyo who wants to write a story on her life.

Masaki Kobayashi directs this romantic drama concerning a family of florists.

A movie that depicts the tragic fate of many Yokaren flight-academy pilots.

Onna Hitori Daichi wo Yuku (A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land, Kinuta Production, 1953) was the second feature film directed by Kamei Fumio, who is known as a master of documentary films, and followed his “Haha Nareba Onna Nareba(Become a Mother, Become a Woman)” (1952).