Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed photographs that her cousin had sent. When another actress falls ill she is given the role instead. Her first film is a success propelling the young actress to popularity, her own fans, money and a house. While everything looks dandy from the outside not all is well within the family however.
The famous showdown at Kagiya corner has been told many times, but never before with the realism and intensity of this version scripted by Kurosawa Akira and starring Mifune Toshiro as the famed swordsman who must face his best friend as they are forced to take opposite sides in a vendetta caused by the murder of a family member. Told mostly in flashback as the avengers await the arrival of their quarry, this film displays true heroism in the face of fear as most of the combatants, while of the samurai class are not skilled swordsmen. They contrast sharply with the true warriors involved in this battle. Araki Mataemon (Mifune), who was not only a direct student of Yagyu Munenori, but the founder of his own sword style under the Yagyu name is a powerful force ready to assist his brother-in-law against the murderer's allies that include not only another noted sword teacher, but the deadly spear of Katsumi no Hanbei.
Eiko
대를 잇고자 아버지는 무남독녀 미치코를 보잘것없는 배경의 대학교수 타다오와 결혼시키고, 그를 데릴사위로 들인다. 전쟁에 휩쓸려 시간은 흐르고, 미치코는 선친의 유지를 받들며 가문을 지키려 한다. 그런데 이미 아내와도 소원해진 타다오는 학생들과도 거침없이 육체관계를 맺고, 아내의 친척 토미코와도 정분이 난다. 한편, 미치코의 사촌 츠토무가 귀향하는데, 미치코는 츠토무를 향한 감정을 억누르고, 그가 보내는 사랑을 부정한다.
Kimiko
Chiyoko
Thriller drama by Kon Ichikawa
A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo
Oharu
