Japanese crime film
One summer day, the chief monk of the Hojuin Temple dies. Harumichi rushes back to town hearing about his brother's death and requests for a grand funeral. He had been unwilling to take over the family business and had chosen a life as a middle school teacher far away from home, but considering the circumstances, he changes his mind. As the new chief of Hojuin, Harumichi scrambles around day after day for donations. He has kept strictly to the straight and narrow, until he passes a bicycle race track where the sounds of cheering fans induce him into a new way of life...
Um delinquente juvenil sai da penitenciária e imediatamente embarca num tumulto de raiva à solta, a maior parte desta direcionada à namorada do jornalista que ajudou a mandá-lo para a prisão.
Koreyoshi Kurahara’s ingeniously plotted, pocket-size noir concerns the intertwined fates of a desperate bank manager, blackmailed for book-cooking, and his resentful but timid underling, passed over for a promotion. The marvelously moody Intimidation (Aru kyouhaku) is an elegantly stripped-down and carefully paced crime drama.
Arriving in the town of Hakodate, a wandering musician, Shinji Taki, is soon recruited by the local gang as a hired hand. However, with the arrival of a sinister gunman, Taki's mysterious past catches up with him.
Fusako - Maid
Arriving in the town of Hakodate, a wandering musician, Shinji Taki, is soon recruited by the local gang as a hired hand. However, with the arrival of a sinister gunman, Taki's mysterious past catches up with him.
A youth lyrical story of pure love of a girl who grew up in the Kyoto Gion quarter, with a geisha mother and sisters Maiko and a college student.
Sushi restaurant owner
A former boxer gets involved with a club hostess trying to escape the clutches of her gangster employer.
Ouno
Saheji, um rebelde engenhoso, é obrigado a permanecer em um bordel para pagar sua dívida. No início, ele é tratado como um hóspede indesejável que nunca vai embora, mas logo se envolve com os hóspedes, anfitriões, criados e garotas de alterne – resolvendo os problemas de todos com sua inteligência.
Hot Spring "Mark" Maid
Reiko vive um casamento abusivo com um homem 23 anos mais velho. Um dia, ela conhece um jovem empresário, que é o maior concorrente de negócios de seu marido, e se apaixona por ele. Enquanto isso, a viúva Mayumi começa uma relação com Shimotsuma, um amigo de seu falecido marido.
A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situation for the girls becomes increasingly desperate as food and shelter run out and the number of injured climbs, leading to the film's tragic finale.
