Etsuko Ichihara

親に見捨てられた果てに、通り魔となって老人や女性を襲い、強盗を重ねて逃避行中の伊豆見（林遣都）。宮崎県の山深い村に足を踏み入れた彼は、けがをしたスマ（市原悦子）を助けたのが縁で彼女の家に居候することになる。金を奪って逃げようと考えていた伊豆見だが、スマや伊豆見を彼女の孫だと思い込む村人たちと接するうちに、心の変化が生まれる。ある日、10年ぶりに村へ帰ってきた美知（藤井美菜）と出会ったのを機に自分の犯してきた罪の大きさを感じた彼は……。

1,000年に1度のすい星来訪が、1か月後に迫る日本。山々に囲まれた田舎町に住む女子高生の三葉は、町長である父の選挙運動や、家系の神社の風習などに鬱屈（うっくつ）していた。それゆえに都会への憧れを強く持っていたが、ある日彼女は自分が都会に暮らしている少年になった夢を見る。夢では東京での生活を楽しみながらも、その不思議な感覚に困惑する三葉。一方、東京在住の男子高校生・瀧も自分が田舎町に生活する少女になった夢を見る。やがて、その奇妙な夢を通じて彼らは引き合うようになっていくが……。

刑務所から出所したのち、どら焼き屋「どら春」の雇われ店長となった千太郎の店に、徳江という女性がやって来る。その店で働くことを強く希望した徳江を千太郎は採用。徳江が作る粒あんが評判となり、店は大繁盛。そんな中徳江は、つぶれたどら焼きをもらいに来ていた女子中学生のワカナと親しくなる。ところがある日、かつて徳江がハンセン病を患っていたことが近所に知れ渡る。

『松本清張 黒い福音〜国際線スチュワーデス殺人事件〜』のタイトルで、2014年1月19日21:00- 23:24 (JST)にテレビ朝日系列『日曜エンターテインメント』枠で、「テレビ朝日開局55周年記念 松本清張二夜連続ドラマスペシャル 昭和の二大未解決事件」の第二夜として放送された。

不仲な両親の間で育ったミヨリ（11歳）。そのせいか空想癖があり、いつも心を閉ざして他人との関係をずっと否定してきた意地っ張りな少女だった。母は男をつくって家を出て行き、ミヨリを一人で育てることに不安を感じた父は、ミヨリを祖母の住む田舎に預ける。祖母の家に着いた早々にミヨリは近くの森に散歩に出かける。ミヨリは何もない森の中で強い孤独を感じていた。しかしその森で数々の不思議な出来事に遭遇する。雷で折れたはずの桜の木が花をつけていたり、いるはずのないトラが現れたり、それはいつもの自分の空想ではなかったのだ。

『霧の火 樺太・真岡郵便局に散った九人の乙女たち』（きりのひ からふと・まおかゆうびんきょくにちった9にんのおとめたち）は、2008年8月25日の21:00-23:18に、日本テレビ系列(NNS)にて放送された単発スペシャルのテレビドラマである。平成20年度（第63回）文化庁芸術祭（テレビ部門・ドラマの部）優秀賞受賞。ドラマは、晩年を迎えた生存者と、彼女の過去の回想を聞き取り記録する若い派遣社員との交流を軸足に描いている。史実を基にしたフィクションであり、実際の生存者から取材しているものの、主人公は架空の人物で、性的暴行など創作の部分も多い。

Jutaro Torikai is a senior detective set to uncover the truth behind an apparent double suicide.

Miyo Hanayama (Etsuko Ichihara) works as a home care nurse, supporting the home care of patients who are close to death. Shigeaki Noguchi (Shigeru Kamiyama) complains that his wife has stopped talking to him since he collapsed once. Noriko Imaizumi (Hideko Yoshida) refuses to undergo surgery because her business has taken off and continues to recuperate at home. And 18-year-old Emi Akizuki (Juri Ueno) insists on visiting the town where she used to live. Everyone is trying their best to live their lives while keeping an eye on their imminent death, which may come at any moment. Meanwhile, Yuki (Mari Hoshino), a nurse like Miyo, discovers she is pregnant.

A poor village in the Tohoku area has a law that states when a resident becomes sixty years old, they must move to the place called Warabino, far away from home.

かつて、妻の浮気に逆上し妻を殺してしまった男・山下拓郎。以来、極度の人間不信に陥った山下は仮出所後、理髪店を営みながらも人々との交流を避け、本音を明かす唯一のパートナーとして“うなぎ”を選ぶ。ある日、山下は河原で自殺未遂の女性・桂子を助ける。桂子は恩返しにと理髪店の手伝いを申し出て、山下は渋々雇うことにするが…。

Set in Sapporo during the oil crisis of the early '70s, the film centers on the Hokkaitei soba stand run by a stoic patriarch and his perky wife. One New Year's day, a haggard-looking mother and her two adorable moppets poke their heads into the restaurant and ask for a single bowl of kakesoba. Noticing that the trio is looking a little low in the heels, she puts in an extra scoop of noodles. The youngest boy declares that the soba is delicious. The next year, the same threesome appears again asking for one bowl of kakesoba. This time the old man dumps in two helpings. He is struck by how much the youngest looks like their own son who was hit by a truck three years previous. The following year, the three return and this time the mother tells her story...

昭和20年8月6日、広島に原爆が投下された。が、当時の広島の人たちには何が起こったのかさえわからなかった。ましてその後の原爆症の恐ろしさなど。強烈な閃光がひらめいた後、青い空が黒雲におおわれ、黒い雨が降り始めた。いぶかしげに空を見上げる矢須子の白いブラウスが点々と黒くなっていく。彼女が20歳の夏だった。それから5年。矢須子は叔父・重松の生まれ故郷の村で叔父夫婦とつつましく暮らしていた。美しく成長した彼女に縁談話は後を絶たなかったが、その度に被爆者だという理由で断られてしまう。重松は自分のこと以上に矢須子のことが心配だ。そんな時、矢須子に思いを寄せる青年が現れ、結婚を前提に交際を始める。

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.

In the past, a woman was raped by her brother-in-law. Keeping this dark secret, she lives a seemingly happy life with her husband and son, but the son, shocked to find out his real father is the brother-in-law, sets out to do something. The downfall of a mother and her child starts there...

A police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to solve the case.

The story surrounds a boy and a cow who have always lived their lives together. One winter, a famine strikes their village. The villagers resolve to the cow, but the boy secretly helped the cow escape. A few years ago, the boy (now grown-up) and the cow meet again...

東京で暮らしている青年・寺田辰弥は、自分を探していた母方の祖父・井川丑松が目の前で変死したことを機に、生まれ故郷の八つ墓村を訪れる。そこは戦国時代、村人たちによって8人の落ち武者が惨殺されたという忌まわしい歴史をもつ土地だった。帰郷した辰弥の周りでは次々と奇怪な殺人事件が起こり…。 横溝正史の同名ミステリー小説を、巨匠・野村芳太郎監督が映画化。渥美清演じる名探偵・金田一耕助が事件の謎を解き明かす。

A family murder case that occurred in Hita City, Oita Prefecture. A murderer whose statute of limitations is about to expire is shown on TV, and detective Kiyoshi Atsumi heads to Tokyo, but... The upstart Keiju Kobayashi, his old friend Etsuko Ichihara, and Atsumi. The postwar experiences of three people who were tossed about by the war overlap. The screenplay by Satoru Hayasaka, the music by Kousuke Kanno, and above all, the performances of Atsumi and Ichihara make this a masterpiece in the history of TV dramas. A two-hour version was later created as an art festival award-winning work.

First live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel.

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

厳格な両親のもと、溺愛されて育った22歳の青年、斉木順。親に与えられたスナックの経営を始めるが、ある日、両親にスナックで手伝いをしている幼なじみのケイ子と別れるよう迫られる。口論の末、父親を殺してしまい、さらには行き違いから母親までも刺し殺してしまう…。

The story takes place during the end of the Pacific War and the aftermath period and it focuses on Mizoguchi, who is the son of a Buddhist Priest. When his father dies, he’s sent to the Temple of the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto. Mizoguchi is physically unattractive and becomes, in some way, jealous of the beautiful Temple that he loves so much.

In front of Sagami Detention Center. Shosuke, the owner of a strip joint called "Shunpu Music," welcomes Okoma, a stripper who has been locked up for public indecency. Shosuke immediately takes the paroled Okoma to the police station to greet her, and meets a young new detective, Matsuta Obara, who has just been transferred. But the two don't get along from the moment they meet...

Thirsting for revenge, Jokichi rashly attempts to assassinate the evil Chogoro but ends up being captured by Yakuza. His life is spared by Boss Juzaburo, in order that the harmony of an important commemoration not be further disturbed. Though now even more of an outcast, Jokichi is asked by another Yakuza boss, Umezo, to guard Oyuki, the wayward daughter of Juzaburo. The tragic consequences of this assignment will lead him into a deadly trap and a final confrontation with Chogoro.

Monjiro, reunited with his long lost sister, is pursued by a yakuza gang because he killed their boss. He also meets a fellow gambler who idolizes Monjiro. The gambler and Monjiro's sister are pulled into a conspiracy to get to Monjiro, but do things go as planned?

Can a sinful man change and find peace? It's unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes straight after protecting a woman in distress: they marry, have a son, and Jokichi pursues his father's craft. After three years, the gangs he embarrassed when he saved his wife find the family and leave Jokichi in grief, vowing revenge. To parry his terrible swift sword, rival gangs join forces, hiring a prostitute to pose as a woman needing help and breaking the code of honor to double cross the drifter. He finds unlikely allies: a thief who aids him for fun and a one-eyed swordsman who may be Jokichi's equal in skill and honor.

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

The clerk of a trading company happens to have a large sum of money from his company in his possession. His girlfriend pressures him into fleeing with the money...

Iwabuchi of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division cooperates with Kubo of the Foreign Affairs Division in re-investigating the case of a foreign drug addict's death at the request of Kubo.

富士山頂にレーダーを取り付ければ日本列島の南方800km先の台風が察知出来る。しかし、こんな標高のある過酷な環境にレーダーを設置することなど前例などない。気象庁測器課長の葛木(芦田伸介)は台風の被害を少しでも減らすべく、富士山レーダー設置に情熱を燃やしていた。大蔵省へ歩を運ぶこと3年、葛木の夢は実を結ぶこととなった。三菱電機技術部員、梅原(石原裕次郎)、大成建設の伊石(山崎努)とともに2年(実質的には1年に40日)、建設予算2億4千万円の工事が始まる。極寒・高山病と作業は難航した。親方・朝吉(勝新太郎)は、資材を運ぶための馬を売ってブルドーザーを揃え頂上まで登る。山頂は乱気流が発生しやすく、気象条件が難しい中、ヘリコプター操縦する加田(渡哲也)は、直径9m、総重量600kgのドームを吊り上げ輸送する。大自然と闘って据えつけられた気象用レーダーは今も活躍している。

海辺に父と二人で住むホルスは、岩男のモーグの肩に刺さっていた二本の剣を手に入れた。 その剣は太陽の剣と呼ばれる名剣で、その剣を鍛え上げ、使いこなせるようになった時、ホルスは太陽の王子 とよばようとモーグは言う。 父を失ったホルスは、一切合切を焼くと、父の遺言に従い人々のいる北の村に向かってコロとともに舟出した 。再びこの地に帰ることはない。 途中ホルスは悪魔グルンワルドに弟になれと誘われるが断って、崖から落とされてしまう。ホルスは 倒れたまま流氷にのって村に流れ着いた。ホルスは村の一員として受入れられるかに思えたが、グルンワルドのたくらみで村に送り込まれた一人の 少女ヒルダのために、村人達の不信を買い、とうとう村を追い出されてしまう。悪魔が勝つかに見えた。 しかしヒルダの心の奥底には、密かに人間らしさへの憧れが兆していた。悪魔の攻撃が始まった。ホルスは 人々を励まし、力をあわせて太陽の剣を鍛え上げ、ついに悪魔を倒した。ヒルダも仲間に受け入れられる。

A private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife. While his search is unsuccessful, the detective's own life begins to resemble the man for whom he is searching.

「怪談」の小林正樹監督が三船敏郎と初タッグを組み、1967年・第28回ベネチア国際映画祭で国際映画批評家連盟賞を受賞した時代劇。同監督作「切腹」の原作小説「異聞浪人記」で知られる滝口康彦の短編小説「拝領妻始末」をもとに橋本忍が脚色を手がけ、武家社会の非人間性を描く。会津松平藩馬廻り役の笹原伊三郎は、主君・松平正容の側室いちを長男・与五郎の妻に拝領するよう命じられる。息子の幸福な結婚を願う伊三郎は断ろうとするが、藩命に背くことはできず受け入れることに。望んだ結婚ではなかったものの、与五郎といちの間には愛情が芽生え、子どもにも恵まれる。しかし正容の嫡子が急死したことから、新たな世継ぎとなった菊千代の生母であるいちを大奥へ返上するよう命令が下される。

世界各地の都市を破壊する巨大怪獣を倒すべく、平和な日常を捨てて、再び集結したサイボーグ戦士たち。その旅の途中で009は記憶喪失の少女・ヘレナと出会うが、それさえも「黒い幽霊団（ブラック・ゴースト）」の罠だった。怪獣を追い詰めたその先に待っていたのは009の前に立ちはだかるヘレナ。なんと彼女は「黒い幽霊団（ブラック・ゴースト）」のスパイ、サイボーグ0010だったのだ！ ヘレナと対決するものの、彼女にトドメを刺すことができない009。やがて009に命を救われたことで心が動いたヘレナの助力によって、サイボーグ戦士たちは敵基地の爆破に成功し、ついには「黒い幽霊団（ブラック・ゴースト）」の野望を打ち砕いたのであった。

Suspense film based on Ryuji Hori's non-fiction book about the kidnapping and murder of 4-year-old Yoshinobu Murakoshi in 1963.

A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.

When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko travels from her home in Kyushu to Tokyo to get Japan's top lawyer to defend her brother. Unfortunately her naive idealism is shattered when the lawyer refuses to take the case based on her insufficient funds. What follows is a long determined revenge plot that sees the heroine become a Tokyo bar hostess and worse to punish the lawyer. The plot thickens with another murder mystery and a sleuthing reporter.

Gisuke Hayashida is an illegal dentist during the day and a burglar by night. One night during a burglary he witnesses a train derailment. Some communists are found guilty of causing the incident, but he knows it wasn't them. He can save innocent people but for that he must confess his own crime.

A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the detective looking into the deaths does not suspect her.

Could I But Live

歌手志望のチンピラ青年。彼の夢はアメリカへ歌の修業に行くこと。ある日、彼は麻薬中毒の兄貴分らと共にヤクザの金を強奪するが、潜伏先の地下室で仲間割れが始まり・・・。

Japanese drama.

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just escaped a retirement home and the other was looking for an escape from her son and daughter-in-law. With nowhere to go, the two wander around, befriending a cosmetics salesman and a kind waitress who give them beer. This biting social satire starring two memorable grandmothers, scripted by Yôko Mizuki, picked up on Japan’s aging population problem far ahead of its time.

In a time of continuous civil wars ravaging the fields of feudal Japan, the eldest son of a very poor peasant family, living alongside the bridge over the Fuefuki river, decides to serve a warlord to escape his miserable condition, being soon followed by his younger brothers. Although not all the men of the family take this tragic path of death, women of the family will be doomed to endure the pain of loss during the next five generations.

A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in his years in Siberian labor camps and considers himself "already dead."

When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre collection of characters already living there. The unlikely leader of this menagerie is Yoda Goro, who speaks four languages fluently, is an expert in cabbage rolls, and has written how-to books encompassing every aspect of human existence.

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous trip, and it seems like love. She's the foster daughter of a local family, almost engaged to the family's son Yukio, now dying of consumption. He's tended by his sister Yuko who's angry at Komako for abandoning her brother. Shimamura returns to Tokyo but promises he will be back soon. In anticipation of his return, Komako breaks with her patron and her family loses their home. Complications arise when Shimamura doesn't come back as promised. Then Komako discovers that he and Yuko knew each other in Tokyo. Can Komako escape destiny?

A girl rebels against her mother, who runs a brothel in Yokohama, and attempts to find freedom on her own.