Yasushi Akutagawa

A woman works as a prostitute and attendant to make a living at a bathhouse. She is athletic and is an avid runner. She has met and adopted a white dog and the two have become inseparable. It is the biggest tragedy and calamity when the dog is found dead, killed, murdered. The woman swears to find justice by finding the murderer and making things right.

비 오던 어느날 밤, 한 자동차가 부두를 질주하다 그대로 바다로 돌진해 빠져버리는 사고가 발생한다. 차에 타고 있던 것은 늙은 남자와 젊은 여자였고 그 중 젊은 여자만 간신히 목숨을 건진다. 하지만 그녀는 결국...

"떨리는 혀"는 일본 기준 쇼치쿠(松竹)의 배급으로 1980년 11월 22일에 개봉한 상영 시간 114분의 일본 영화입니다. "미키 타쿠(三木卓)"의 동명의 소설을 원작으로 하고 있습니다. "미키 타쿠"의 원작 소설 교외의 단지에서 평온하게 살아가는 한 가정의 딸아이가 파상풍균에 감염되면서 전염의 공포에 전율하며 싸워 나가는 이야기를 그린 작품입니다.

A selfish playboy uses rich women to pay off his debts. Divorcing his wife and marrying the woman he loves throws him into a spiral of destruction.

Noriko had been engaged to marry Toshiyuki Fujimura, who worked at her father’s bank. One day however, Fujimura mysteriously disappears. From that day, Noriko keeps herself locked up in her room. After three years of Noriko shutting herself up like a doll without a soul, Fujimura suddenly returns. Noriko’s family’s first reaction was strong rejection, but Noriko asks no questions and embraces him warmly. One day, as Noriko is cleaning her husband’s room, three envelopes accidentally fall from the pages of one of the books she had picked up. The first letter is dated August 11th, saying that his wife had suddenly taken ill. The second, dated August 20th, says that his wife is now critically sick, and the third letter, dated September 1st, is an announcement of his wife’s death. The wife is obviously Noriko, but she is alive and well. Do the letters then mean a preliminary notice of Noriko’s death?

An epic drama about Nichiren's life. Nichiren was a Buddhist monk who lived for 60 years during the Kamakura period (1185-1333) in Japan. Nichiren taught devotion to the Lotus Sutra as the exclusive means to attain enlightenment. Because of his devout belief, Nichiren is met with opposition throught his travels, with life on the line, can Nichiren accomplish his goal?

억척스러운 아내 오우메와 함께 인쇄소를 운영하는 소키치는 고단한 인쇄소 일에 지쳐있던 와중에 키쿠요를 만나 외도를 하게 되고 세 아이를 낳게 된다. 경제적인 도움이 전혀 없는 소키치에게 진저리를 치는 키쿠요는 결국 오우메 앞에 나타나고 세 아이를 맡겨놓고 종적을 감춘다. 금전적인 어려움을 겪고 있던 이들 부부에게 세 아이는 큰 짐이 된다. 세 아이를 어떻게든 돌려보내라는 오우메의 등쌀에 못이겨서 갈팡질팡하던 소키치는 자의반 타의반의 사고로 막내 아이가 죽음에 이르게 되자 남은 두 아이를 직접 처리할 결심을 한다.

아츠기 시에서 스낵바를 운영하던 23세의 하츠코가 어느 날 산림에서 시체로 발견된다. 며칠 후 경찰은 19세의 히로시라는 소년을 체포하는데, 그는 하츠코의 여동생 요시코와 몰래 집을 나와 요코하마에서 동거하던 중이었다. 재판이 시작되고 소환된 증인들로부터 잇달아 의외의 사실들이 밝혀지는데...

비행기 승무원으로 일하는 테라다 타츠야는 신문에 난 사람찾는 기사를 보고 한 오사카의 법률사무소로 향한다. 기사에서 찾는 사람에게 있다는 특별한 화상이 자신에게도 있기 때문이다. 타츠야는 그 곳에서 자신의 외할아버지라는 이가와 우시마츠와 만나지만 우시마츠는 그 자리에서 돌연 급사하고 만다. 그 후 친척인 모리 미야코의 안내로 자신의 고향인 팔묘촌에 도달한다. 미야코는 타츠야의 이복형인 다지미 히사야가 병상에 누워 있기 때문에 타츠야가 다지미가의 뒤를 이을 유일한 후계자라 말하고, 이 팔묘촌에 얽힌 기괴한 과거사를 들려준다.

Two infantry regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army—210 men overall—tackled Mt. Hakkoda in the winter of 1902 to prepare for war with Russia.

Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murderer of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a rail yard.

여행사에 근무하는 하마지마는 결혼 10년차로 아이는 없고 아내와의 생활은 습관적이며 무미건조하기만 하다. 어느 날 퇴근길 버스에서 어린 시절 같은 동네에서 지내던 야스코라는 여인을 우연히 만나게 되고, 아내에게서는 볼 수 없는 그녀의 다정함에 점점 빠지게 된다. 한 편 야스코에게는 켄이치라는 6살 된 아들이 있었고 하마지마는 켄이치와 친해지기 위해 부단히 노력한다. 그러나 켄이치를 대할수록 묘한 동질감과 더불어 이상한 두려움도 느끼게 되는데...

The story, set in the Heian era, depicts the conflict between Korean painter Yoshihide (Nakadai) and his Japanese patron, the cruel and egotistical daimyo Horikawa (Nakamura). It is based on the 1918 short story Hell Screen by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.

Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.

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.

실화를 바탕으로 만든 영화. 젊은 아마추어 요트선수 호리에는 요트를 타고 태평양을 건너는 불가능한 계획을 세운다. 길이 5.8미터, 폭 2미터짜리 ‘머메이드호’에 탄 호리에는 출발부터 어려움을 겪는다. 거친 파도와 맞서 싸우는 호리에의 고난과 고독을 실감나게 담아내는 연출이 인상적인 작품.

A conscript from a poor background writes the Emperor asking if he can stay in the army when his service is up.

Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai" (Kinugasa/Shindô).

아기 이름은 3200명 중에서 선발된 스즈키 히로오. 단지에 사는 젊은 부부에게 기다리던 남자 아기가 태어났다. 부모는 물론이고 할머니까지 난리가 났다.

An investigation into a drug smuggler who is assassinated in front of an insurance building sets two detectives, Sumikawa and Akine, into a sprawling investigation through Tokyo's underworld.

우시마츠의 아버지는 그에게 자신의 하층 계급 유산을 절대 드러내지 말라고 말했고, 몇 년 후, 그는 이제 그러한 차별에 맞서 싸우는 운동가에게 비밀을 털어놓을 생각을 하고 있다.

A provincial bus driver plans to marry his conductress, but one night he glimpses the woman he once loved, which throws him into turmoil.

아내가 있으면서도 9명의 여자와 사귀고 있는 TV프로듀서 가제 마츠키치. 그 때문에 여자들 사이에서는 싸움이 끊이지 않는데, 결국 여자들의 공모에 의해 가제는 사살당한다. 그러나 이는 가제와 그의 아내가 꾸민 연극이었는데...

One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to search for him, and along the way discovers some surprising facts about her husband's past. With only a pair of old photographs among his belongings to go off of, Teiko tries to figure out what has happened to him.

Story of a woman, Saiko, who divorces her doctor husband when she is given a baby by a stranger who claims it is the husband's child. Saiko embarks on an affair with her cousin's husband, but a crisis threatens when she discovers that her ex-husband is about to remarry.

Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between a sister and brother.

일본 전통 버선인 타비 회사의 5대 독자로 태어난 키쿠지. 그의 인생은 어머니와 할머니에 의해 좌지우지된다. 그는 어머니와 할머니가 고른 여성과 결혼하지만, 아들을 낳은 후 집안의 법도를 따르지 않았다는 이유로 어머니와 할머니는 그의 아내를 쫓아낸다. 아버지가 돌아가신 후, 키쿠지는 사업을 물려받게 되고 게이샤를 만나 사랑에 빠지지만, 그녀 역시 아들을 낳은 후 어머니와 할머니에게 쫓겨나고 만다.

The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the second story, a beautiful young woman is employed by an unscrupulous real estate agent to convince male clients to invest in worthless property. The last story is about a widowed geisha who has no real financial worries and who falls in love with a forger.

Heinosuke Gosho movie

1945년 패전 말기의 필리핀 레이테 섬. 타무라 일등병은 부대와 병원에서 쫓겨나 소속 없는 군인이 되어 버린다. 밀림을 헤매던 그는 집결지를 향해 가는 병사의 무리를 만나지만, 이들은 살인을 하고 인육을 먹는 극한 상황에 빠지게 된다. 전쟁의 참혹함과 기아에 몰린 군인을 그린 이 영화는 스산한 공기와 신체의 움직임마저 느끼게 하는 아쿠타가와 야스시의 음악이 적막함을 실감나게 전하고 있다.

Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.

Adapted by Yasumi Toshio and directed by Toyoda Shiro, this is a literary work based on a full-length novel of the same name published by Shiga Naoya of the Shirakaba School.

고미술 감정가인 겐모치는 부인 이쿠코에게는 비밀로 정력 증진을 위해 주사를 맞으러 병원에 다니며, 병원 인턴인 기무라를 딸 도시코의 남편으로 생각하고 있다. 병원에 온 이쿠코는 남편의 통원 사실을 알지만 아무 말도 하지 않는다. 부부는 상대가 훔쳐 보고 있다는 것을 서로 알면서 각자 일기를 쓰고 있다. 기무라가 집을 방문하여 같이 술을 마신 날 밤 목욕탕에서 잠이 들어버린 이쿠코의 나신을 겐모치는 기무라에게 맡긴다. 이렇게 세 명의 기묘한 관계가 시작되고 질투로 부부 관계를 다시 일으키려 하는 겐모치는 고혈압으로 위험한 상태가 된다. 한 편으로 기무라와 도시코는 이미 관계를 맺고 있으며 이쿠코와 기무라와의 관계를 의심하면서도 기무라와 약혼을 한다. 결국 겐모치가 죽고 장례식이 끝나 재산 정리가 되자 이 집의 재산으로 개업을 생각했던 기무라는 실망하여 관계를 끊고 싶다고 생각한다. 도시코는 엄마의 홍차에 농약을 넣지만 노파의 잘못으로 약은 바뀌어져 3명의 셀러드에 뿌려져 있다.

Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been baptized under the name of Maria, comes to offer her services. However, Ant Village is not just an ordinary vagrants' community but a fine autonomous organization, and as the municipal authorities have long been demanding that the people of Ant Village leave the site, Satoko is utilized to publicize the Village and win public sympathy. While being utilized in this manner, Satoko is nevertheless glad to be able to help the people of Ant Village, especially the children, and when the summer vacation comes she decides to take the children on an excursion to Hakone. To raise funds for this purpose she becomes a rag-picker herself.

A young, struggling couple are making every sacrifice so they will one day in the not-too-distant-future, have enough money to get married. As they have agreed on this procedure, it comes as a shock to the young woman to find out from her husband-to-be that he just loaned all the money they had saved to a friend. She is understandably miffed, and a big disagreement results. But after some time goes by, she discovers why the friend needed the money so badly, and the couple are back on solid footing again.

Half a Loaf... Avarice / Yoku

Set in the 1860s, the final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, The Fireflies focuses on Tose (Awashima Chikage), the mistress of the Teradaya, a small inn in the Kyoto suburb of Fushimi. She does not have an easy life. Her husband, Isuke (Ban Junzaburo), is a wastrel who fancies himself a kabuki singer and who is obsessed with cleanliness. Her mother-in-law, Sada (Miyoshi Eiko) dislikes her because of her humble origins (her family are farmers) and because she fears that she will inherit the inn instead of Sugi, her daughter. Sada's hopes for Sugi, however, are dashed when she runs off with a con artist and leaves her child behind for Tose to take care of. When Sada becomes seriously ill, it is Tose who nurses her. On her deathbed, Sada asks her daughter-in-law's forgiveness. Meanwhile Isuke spends most of his time with a mistress he has taken, forcing Tose to manage the inn by herself

Five boys escape from their life of bondage on an island 10 miles off Hiroshima, and are picked up in the Inland Sea, drifting in an open boat.

A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the press, she posts a bounty upon herself.

A sensitive young woman aged 22 fell in love with a middle aged man who was troubled by his unfaithful wife.

In a military family, an illegitimate son is brutalized by his brothers. A patriarchal, feudalistic household where dissent is forbidden is used to reveal the whole imperialist system that afflicted Japan between 1921 and 1946. Winner of the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.

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

A touching story depicting the harsh lives of farmers in Kasumigaura. An attempt to start a fishery business to revive an ailing farming community creates friction amongst the proud residents.

In this Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign-Language Film, director Heinosuke Gosho -- a master chronicler of Japanese middle-class life -- presents the story of Kiyoshi Yoshida (Koji Shitara), who feels estranged from both parents after his father returns from war. How the boy adapts to life with the virtual stranger his father has become is the film's focus. Chikage Awashima, Yûnosuke Itô and Yoshiko Kuga also star.

Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat.

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to notice the terrible sacrifices made by his wife when she accepts a job at a local inn.

Nobuko is a widow who lives with her daughter-in-law Tamiko and her brother Junjiro. The family's gatekeeper, Komatsu, is attracted to Tamiko, but she is encouraged to marry a doctor and he is afraid to tell her his feelings.

In the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon realizes they share a curiously strained relationship stemming from an unknown incident in their past.

Takes place in one place, a beer hall, over the course of one evening. Uchida employs this concentration of setting and time to fashion a microcosm for a group portrait of Japan. One by one, the regulars of the bar appear: the pianist who dreams of becoming a composer but has disappeared from the music world after a knifing; a stripper who had planned to be a ballet dancer; an elderly painter trying to make a living at pachinko, and who rues his art having been used for militarist propaganda during the war; a young waitress considering elopement; a colonel turned real estate broker who attempts to rouse the crowd in military song until he realizes the tune has been transformed by marchers in the street into a leftist chant. The "twilight" is more than just a time of day; here, it is a state of being, a suspension between past and present, between the camaraderie of the saloon and the harsh world outside.

A boy falls in love with a girl. Neither of them know that she's to be sold to a brothel.

An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka office. He takes a room at a small inn and tries to rebuild his life. Notable for its exquisite framing and cinematography, An Inn at Osaka allows its complicated plotlines to disappear behind the minutiae of penury and humiliation that Mito and others suffer during the post-war economic and social reconstruction.

12세기 에도 시대, 곳곳에서 반란이 일어나고 혼란과 공포가 교토를 뒤덮는다. 교토의 산조성 또한 공격을 당하고, 왕족인 키사는 젊은 사무라이 모리토에게 구출된다. 이때의 인연을 시작으로 모리토는 그녀를 사랑하게 되지만 키사는 벌써 모리토 보다 계급이 높은 사무라이 남편이 있는 몸이다. 모리토는 충성스러운 사무라이지만 그녀를 향한 사랑 때문에 결국 이성을 잃게 되고 키사의 고모까지 인질로 잡으면서 키사를 자기 것으로 만들려고 한다. 일본에서 처음으로 이스트만 컬러를 사용한 작품으로, 화려한 색감과 의상으로 한 순간도 눈을 떼지 못하게 만든다. 기쿠치 칸의 역사극을 영화화했으며, 1954년 칸 영화제 그랑프리를 수상했다.

A story of unhappy youths and the perils of lack of sex education.

The film is about the Yamato's suicide mission to Okinawa in March 1945 to defend the homeland threatened by U.S. bombers. Adapted from Mitsuru Yoshida's 1952 book "Requiem for the Battleship Yamato".

Gosho’s most celebrated film both in Japan and the West, Where Chimneys Are Seen is perhaps the most compelling example of his concern for, and insights into, the everyday lives of lower-middle-class people. Based on Rinzo Shiina’s novel of the absurd, the film depicts the lives of two couples against the backdrop of Tokyo’s growing industrialization during the 1950s.

After graduating from a high school in the Seto Inland Sea, Koji, a childhood friend of Yaeko, went to Tokyo to enter university wearing a heartfelt sweater.

When a group of young geologists declares a mountainside marked for residential development unstable, they are met with scorn on two fronts. On one end, they must contend with the local villagers who balk at the prospect of relocation; on the other, they face the ambitions of the headstrong lumber baron, whose actions will only further destabilize the land. Their pleas for reason ignored, the scientists can do little but observe as nature runs its inevitable course.