Sumie Sasaki
출생 : 1928-06-22, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
사망 : 2019-02-17
산으로 둘러싸인 시골 마을. 중학생 ‘카스가 타카오’는 보들레르의 시집 '악의 꽃'을 마음의 안식처로 삼으며 이곳에서 답답한 일상을 보낸다. 그러던 어느 날, ‘카스가’는 교실에서 평소 짝사랑하던 동급생 ‘사에키 나나코’의 체육복을 발견하게 되고, 충동적으로 체육복을 손에 쥔 채 그 자리에서 도망친다. 그 모든 과정을 목격한 이 학급의 문제아 ‘나카무라 사와’는 그 일을 비밀로 하는 대신 ‘카스가’에게 '계약'을 하나 제안하는데…
Shiota Hisako
A man and a woman committed double suicide in Kanazawa City. Immediately after the incident, Yoshiko Shiota, a woman living in Tokyo, contacts the local newspaper of Kanazawa, saying she wants to read the novel serialized in it by Ryuji Sugimoto. How did this woman know the novel is serialized in the newspaper? And why does she want to start reading it in the middle of the story? Which article was she actually interested in? Sugimoto cannot help making his own investigations about Yoshiko, but the more he searches, the more astonishing facts come to light...
아내와 사별 후 슬픔에 빠진 교장 선생님 앞에 마을 사람들의 사랑을 듬뿍 받는 길고양이가 나타난다. 교장 선생님은 길고양이를 볼때마다 고양이를 애지중지했던 아내가 떠올라 마음이 아프다. 어느 날, 길고양이를 매몰차게 쫓아낸 후 실종됐다는 소식을 들은 그는 마을 사람들과 열심히 고양이를 찾아 다닌다. 교장 선생님은 고양이를 찾으며 마음속으로 조금씩 아내와의 아름다운 이별을 준비하는데…
Work life for Shunsuke Osaki has been success after success, but at some point his family began to slip by the wayside. As his elderly father begins to show signs of dementia, Shunsuke takes the family on a trip in a desperate attempt to pull them together before it is too late. Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of Masashi Sada's short story of the same name received the awards for Best Director, Best Actress and Best Music at the 1st Asia International Film Festival in Taipei.
Ippei Akabane (Takaya Kamikawa) is an unpopular novelist. He barely makes ends meet writing serials novels under different pen names. Daigo Kurei (Shinji Takeda) is on death row. He killed four women twelve years ago. During his murdering spree, he sent pictures of his decapitated victims with flower decoration to the police. The murders and photos caused widespread panic in Japan. One day, Ippei is contacted by Daigo from prison. He asks Ippei if he wants to interview him and write his memoirs. Soon, more women are killed in the same grisly manner as the serial murders from twelve years ago. Now, Ippei becomes the prime suspect of the police and Ippei must quickly find the real murderer. Based on the novel "The Serialist" by David Gordon (published by Simon & Schuster; Original edition on March 9, 2010).
과거 전설적인 파티쉐였지만 8년 전 사고로 인해 더 이상 케이크를 만들 수 없게 된 토무라(에구치 요스케)는 평론가와 제과전문학교의 강사로 일하고 있다. 어느 날 친구인 요리코가 운영하고 있는 도쿄의 인기 양과자점 파티쉐리 코안도르에 들른 토무라는 파티쉐를 꿈꾸는 남자친구를 찾아 카고시마에서 상경한 나츠메(아오이 유우)와 우연히 마주친다. 코안도르에서 일하고 있다던 남자친구가 이미 오래 전에 그만뒀다는 이야기에 충격을 받은 나츠메는 그를 찾기 전까지는 고향으로 돌아가지 않기로 결심하고 코안도르의 견습생으로 일하기 시작하는데...
Neighbor
Sci-fi writer Sakutaro (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) and bank employee Setsuko (Yuko Takeuchi) met at as high school freshmen during their summer vacation. Since that time, the couple has always been together and eventually married.One day, Setsuko complains of a stomach ache and is hospitalized. Sakutaro then learns that his wife has colon cancer. Sakutaro takes the advice from his doctor that laughter helps the immune system and proceeds to write a short story for his wife every day. At first, Setsuko was expected to live for only 1 more year, but she lived for 5 more years and Sakutaro eventually wrote 1,778 short stories for his wife.
날카로운 통찰력을 가진 형사 카가 쿄이치로의 활약을 그린 드라마'신참자'의 스페셜 버전으로 평범했던 마에하라 가족에게 일어난 이틀간의 비극을 그린 드라마.
Fujii Kinu
독립을 꿈꾸던 스즈코는 룸메이트 타케시와 다툼 끝에 결국 전과자가 된다. 출소 후, 그녀는 백만엔을 모으면 집을 떠나겠다고 선언한다. 자신이 전과자인걸 아무도 모르는 먼 곳에서 다시 백만엔을 모으면 또 다른 곳으로 떠날 것을 결심한다. 바닷가 마을 작은 식당에서 일하는 것을 시작으로 스즈코는 계획대로 백만엔이 모이자 새로운 곳으로 떠난다. 다음으로 그녀가 도착한 곳은 산골의 복숭아 과수원. 그곳에서 생활에 점차 적응해갈 무렵, 촌장과 마을 사람들은 스즈코에게 마을 홍보를 위해 ‘복숭아 아가씨’를 해줄 것을 제안한다. 곤란해하던 그녀는 결국 모두의 앞에서 전과가 있음을 고백하고 급히 마을을 떠난다. 도쿄에서 그리 멀지 않은 소도시로 온 스즈코는 꽃집에서 일하며 대학생 나카지마를 만나게 된다. 친절하고 상냥하며, 무엇보다 스즈코의 과거를 알고도 개의치 않는 나카지마와 스즈코는 사랑에 빠진다. 그런데 어느덧 통장의 잔고는 계획했던 백만엔에 거의 가까워지는데…
Tokiko Yasumura
A freelance writer is given a bizarre assignment by the sexy editor of "Black Book Monthly": find a bug with the power to bring humans back from the dead, in order to report on the afterlife. With his trusty companion Endo in tow, he sets off on a quest for the elusive insect and along the way meets the mysterious Sayoko, a former dominatrix and habitual wrist-cutter who delights in rubbing wasabi into her wounds.
나를 위해 자신의 인생을 산, 어머니의 이야기. 좀처럼 정착하지 못하는 아버지를 떠나 홀몸으로 나(오다기리 죠)를 키운 엄마(키키 키린). 남들과 다를 바 없지만 어쩐지 조금 더 애틋한 모자지간이다. 갑자기 미술공부를 하겠다고 떠난 나에게 엄마는 지극한 응원을 보내지만, 처음의 원대한 꿈과는 달리 나는 빈둥거리다 졸업도 하지 못하고 빚만 쌓여간다. 나이가 들수록 나는 그렇게 싫어했던 지독하리만큼 책임감 없는 아버지와 점점 닮아가고 있었다. 4월, 눈 내리던 어느 벚꽃의 계절, 나의 첫사랑은 그렇게 떠나갔다. 돈이 없어 친구들은 모두 떠나고 집세가 밀려 이곳저곳을 전전하는 질 낮은 자유를 즐기던 나. 어느 날 날아온 엄마의 암 투병 소식은 나를 조금씩 변화시킨다. 일러스트레이터로서 자리가 잡히자, 나는 엄마와 도쿄에서 함께 살 결심을 하고, 친구들 북적이는 집에서 그들만의 소박한 행복이 시작된다. 하지만 엄마의 암이 재발되고 행복했던 그들의 일상에도 끝이 보이기 시작하는데….
Naive office girl Yuko supports her blithe big city lifestyle with a part-time job at a neighborhood cafe. Attracted to her manager there, the shallow but charming Yutaka, she willingly succumbs to his lascivious advances only to discover afterward that he already has a girlfriend by the name of Midori. Even so, Yuko's feelings for Yutaka continue to grow regardless of his aloofness. Before long she finds herself reluctantly cajoled into working as a hostess in a small karaoke bar. Fatalistically accepting his dalliances with flames old and new, she perseveres not so much in hope of a more substantial relationship, but rather out of fear of losing him. There are other men out there waiting for her -- kinder, more considerate and eagerly available. But for Yuko, there is only the non-committal, yet torridly magnetic Yutaka. Why him? Not even Yuko seems to know the answer.
Aimi and her father move into an old, apartment building and learn quickly that things are not as they seem.
Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World" wafts through a hospice recreation room. Sitting at the grand piano is a young girl, Chiori, with a prodigious ability to play any piece of music after one hearing. Keisuke Kisaragi whose career was abruptly cut short when he jumped in front of a bullet fired by a crazed gunman. The nerves in one hand were severed but he saved the life of Chiori. The tragic incident takes the lives of Chiori's parents, however, and Keisuke becomes her guardian. Not long after their return to Japan, Keisuke discovers Chiori's musical gift.
Hana is a nineteen-year old expectant mother. She travels with her grandmother's ashes to her grandmother's house. Hana's mother, who gave birth to Hana when she herself was a teenager, now resides in the home. They are on the outs with each other, but are forced to stay with each other when Hana's boyfriend fails to show.
Osawa
Famed onnagata (a man who plays women's parts in Kabuki) Tamasaburo Bando follows up on the success of his directorial debut, Gekashitsu, with this soft-focused romance about love and obligation, based on a novel by Kafu Nagai. Set during the Meiji period (1868-1912), Kaede (Sayuri Yoshinaga) is the former mistress of a wealthy merchant. When he dies, she is forced out on the street and forced to give up her young daughter to the merchant's family. The film opens with her working in a high-class brothel abutting Tokyo Bay. Though she has passionate affection for a drug wholesaler, whom she loves as well, Kaede is swamped with not only debts to the bordello and family obligations -- she is expected to support her parents and her sister -- but also guilt over losing her child. This pain is only increased when Kaede learns that her daughter is being abused. She does the only thing she can: She buys back her child by signing on at the brothel for a longer stint.
The indolent son of an oil vendor becomes a regular customer of a prostitute, racks up a mountain of debt, and is disowned by his parents.
Based on the comic book by Tatsuo Kanai
Yaeko Numata (Episode 1)
Anthology film. "What's Wrong with Eating?" Numayama Kazuki is always complaining about his wife's, Atsugi Shizuka, body shape. Because of that Shizuka tries her best to restrict her diet and please Kazuki. "It's So Far Away!" Karuma Sae is an office lady who works in the city center but lives with her family in a house far away from her work. Because she is always rushing to catch the last train, she can never enjoy a decent date with her boyfriend, Oishi Mamoru. Her father is also always interfering in her life, so she can't appreciate the city life and isn't happy. "Get Ready to Drive!" Masuko is a new taxi driver in Tokyo who is very stressed from dealing with the behavior of some passengers. One night he drives a very beautiful drunk hostess home. "What Is English?" Kosaka Shigeru, a businessman, was transferred to a Chicago branch factory. He tried hard to learn English, practicing day and night, but couldn't improve as much as he expected.
Ryo's mother
Ryo came from Aomori Prefecture to Tokyo. He works as a window washer for high-rise buildings. For his job, he uses a gondola to clean the windows. Meanwhile, 11-year-old Kagari lives with her musician mother at a high-rise apartment. Her mother is always busy and Kagari plays with her two pet birds. One day, Kagari finds one of her birds injured. Ryo, who is washing the window right outside of the room, sees Kagari. Ryo takes Kagari with her injured bird to a veterinary clinic.
Tamiko
야쿠자 두목을 살해한 혐의로 억울하게 기소된 젊은 작가 타마코는 곤경에서 벗어날 방법을 찾아야 한다.
Narumi Rokuheita and his wife Noriko spend their lives separated. Soon they start looking for love elsewhere.
Kana
A remake of the 1953 film of the same name.
Junko's mother
Yukio is an ex-farmer working as a dump-truck driver in Kashima. Haunted by the drowning of his two young sons, whose names he has had tattooed on his back in penance, and locked in a sibling rivalry with his traditional but urbane younger brother who lives in Tokyo, Yukio has become an amphetamine-addicted loner at odds with his family, friends and colleagues.
A police procedural surrounding murder at a bookstore and the private lives of the cops trying to solve the case.
Maid at a Hotel
‘다이쇼 로망스’ 3부작의 첫 번째 작품으로 우치다 핫켄의 소설을 원작으로 했다. 영화는 독일어 교수인 아오치의 여정을 따라가며 현실과 환상의 경계를 허문다. 내러티브보다는 스타일 자체에 집중하는 세이준 특유의 미학이 극명하게 드러나는 작품이다.
Odame
산골마을을 넘어서 일터를 향해 가는 인력거의 발걸음이 분주하면 분주할 수록 집으로 돌아오는 그의 지친 몸은 천근 만근이다. 술 한잔으로 피로를 달래 보지만 역시 아내와 잠자리를 갖기에는 무리다. 젊은 아내는 아직도 팽팽한 육신으로 아기의 젖만 물릴 수 없었던지 마을의 낯선 남자와 정을 통하고 만다. 한 번 정을 통하게 된 이들은 수시로 관계를 갖게 되고, 이제는 걸림돌이 된 남편을 죽이려 한다. 부인은 술로 남편을 취하게 한 다음 정부와 함께 남편을 목졸라 죽인다. 그리고 남편의 시체를 숲 속 우물에 버린다. 남편의 죽음은 실종으로 처리되고 두 남녀의 사랑 행각은 계속 이어진다. 하지만 아버지를 찾는 딸 아이와 남편을 찾기 위해 호시탐탐 부인의 주변을 맴도는 순사로 인해 여자의 죄의식이 점점 고개를 든다. 그리고 그 죄의식은 남편의 망령을 통해 점점 거세화된다.
Ayako is a 7-year-old girl with a dark, tanned face and a somewhat mysterious expression on her face. She shows up at the elementary school and acts strangely, but the children don't know her name and just call her "that girl". There are two groups of children at the elementary school, and the conflict between the groups intensifies...
Maid
늙고 남루한 행색의 치쿠잔은 앞이 안 보이는 눈으로 전국을 유랑하며 샤미센을 연주한다. 그는 전국을 다니며 노래를 수집하고 이를 다시 사람들 앞에서 아름답게 연주한다. 영화는 치쿠잔의 50년에 걸친 음악 인생을 담담하게, 때로는 극적으로 보여준다.
Japanese youngsters enduring hard training in Recruit Camp and then going to Iwo Jima in the last days of World War II.
Patronized by a gang ruling the city, Mako delinquently plays around a night club every night with her bad company. One night, a guy Hideo gets closer to her for one-night stand, and they consequently fall in love. However, Hideo is killed by the gang. Mako swears vengeance on her beloved's murderer.
세상을 놀라게 한 연쇄총기살인사건을 소재로 극심한 빈곤 속에서 자란 불행한 청년의 절규를 그린 문제작. 가정을 돌보지 않는 아버지와 행상으로 가정을 꾸리는 어머니를 둔 미치오는 여덟 남매 중 일곱 번째 아들이다. 그는 중학교를 졸업하고 취업을 위해 도쿄로 떠나지만 인간적 모멸감만 느끼고 점점 타락의 수렁으로 빠져든다.
A film dealing with the trials and tribulations of a primary school before and after the Pacific War, set in Fukashima Prefecture.
Eiko
When a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine how and why he lost his life. The investigation uncovers a black market scheme involving counterfeit money, murder, and conspiracy.
En
수기모토 도메는 1919년 야마카타의 산촌에서 태어났다. 아버지는 정신지체자, 어머니는 어떤 남자하고도 잠자리를 같이하는 여자. 그래서 도메도 누구의 아이인지 알 수 없다. 그래도 도메는 아버지를 좋아해서 어려서부터 함께 잤다. 도메는 아버지와 자신이 부부라고 생각했다. 도메는 초등학교 졸업 후 방직공장의 공원으로 일하다가 계장인 마츠나미의 여자가 되어, 공장을 그만두고 아이를 낳는다. 농사일을 다시하게 된 도메는 젖이 나오자 정신지체자인 아버지에게 빨아 달라고 한다.
Wakae is a 15 year old girl who lived under the same roof with her alcoholic father and stepmom. Her mother had died years ago. She spends her nights at a rundown bar, sharing drinks and cigarettes with the lowlife drunks. She has nowhere to turn and no one to talk to, until she is reunited with her childhood friend, Saburo, who brings warmth to her heart.
Shopkeeper
A man wanders into a seemingly deserted town with his young son in search of work. But after a bit of bad luck, he joins the town's population of lost souls.
Reiko Morishita
A woman becomes dissatisfied with her marriage and joins a political theater troupe to protest the U.S. Security Pact.
Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope in the process. No matter how hard she tries, she just can't escape her sad fate.