Ippei Souda

After the unexpected death of her husband a new life begins for Toshiko. 30 years of a happy marriage seem to suddenly vanish as she finds out that her husband had lived a double life. Struggling between her anger and the chance to begin a new chapter for herself, she finds her life moving into unchartered waters as she faces her 60th birthday.

An unhappy housewife regains her passion for life by taking over a failing bath house.

97년 12월 30일 자살관광여행을 떠나려는 열두 명의 관광객(?)이 탄 버스가 출발하려는 순간, 돌연 명단에도 없는 미츠키가 삼촌의 티켓을 가지고 진짜 해돋이 관광을 나온다. 뜻밖의 상황에 자살관광단을 모집한 아라가키는 당황하지만 어쩔 수 없이 그를 버스에 태운다. 자살관광단에 대해 아무것도 모른 채 덜컥 동승한 미츠키는 끝말 잇기 게임을 제안하는 등 버스 안의 썰렁한 분위기를 바꿔보려고 애쓰지만 잘 되지 않는다. 하지만 사뭇 비장한 표정의 사람들이 미츠키의 제안에 동참하면서 진짜 관광 나온 사람들처럼 들뜨기 시작하는데...

Yukihiko's first film.

A magazine reporter gets involved in a murder case while covering a rose nursery that's developing a blue rose.

A close look at the inner workings of Japan's political underbelly.

An auto repairman's daughter questions him about what happened to her aunt during the war, but the father remains reticent. Finally the man opens up, and the girl is able to piece together her aunt's tragic story.

When a four-man terrorist group known as Team Phantom begins raising havoc in downtown Tokyo, the city is in desperate need of a hero. An unexpected champion appears in the form of Lady Battle Cop, a former female tennis champion who has been transformed into a seemingly unstoppable cyborg.

평화롭던 시골 마을에 해양공원 건설이 계획되자 그 이권을 둘러싸고 마을이 동요하면서 벌목꾼들과 어부들의 대립은 점점 강도를 더해가기 시작하는데... 개발을 둘러싼 다툼을 그린 사회파 드라마에서 한 발짝 더 내딛어 자연과 종교에 대한 거대 담론까지를 품고 있는 문제작

함께 CF 촬영을 하던 배우 부부 이노우에 와비스케와 아마미야 치즈코에게 치즈코의 아버지가 갑작스럽게 심장마비로 세상을 떠났다는 소식이 전해진다. 본가가 아닌 그들 부부가 살고 있는 이즈에서 장례를 치르자고 고집하는 장모의 제안에 따라 장례식을 차례 차례 준비해나간다. 문상객들로부터 고인의 살아 생전 이야기를 듣기도 하고, 와비스케의 내연녀가 찾아와 소동을 일으키기도 하면서 우왕좌왕 생전 처음 겪는 장례식을 치뤄나가던 그들은 장례식 마지막날 장모가 왜 이곳을 장례 장소로 고집했는지 깨닫게 되는데...

1979 Japanese film.

1977 Japanese film directed by Tengo Yamada.

A youthful film depicting the sexual awakening of a boy who has just entered adolescence and his heartbreaking romance during the summer holidays with a young sprightly girl.

A demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to work to bolster their income. Their modest dream is to see their son grow and to be happy as a family.

An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It travels around the Pacific line fishing. While the ship is near Bikini Atoll, the ship's navigator sees a flash. All the crew come up to watch. They realize it is an atomic explosion, but take time to clear their fishing gear. A short time later, grey ash starts to fall on the ship. When the ship returns to port the sailors have been burned brown. They unload the fish, which are then transported away. They visit the local doctor and then go to Tokyo for an examination. It turns out they are all highly radioactive. Their symptoms become worse, and the contaminated fish causes a panic.

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