Young monk
Nominated for Golden Berlin Bear.
Tomio Takada
A bus making its precarious way across a winding mountain road picks up some unwelcome passengers.
Emi Ikushima, a star actress in the Roses, is half-hearted, but she wasn't disappointed by the news of her father Enmy's sudden death, and she performed enthusiastically on the stage that night, attracting a crowded audience.
Upon discovering that her father has a mistress, a young girl befriends the "other woman" and her child. Realizing that her half-sister is doomed to being regarded as an outcast, the heroine sets about to spiritually legitimize the girl.
Takagi
Fim da Segunda Guerra Mundial. O disciplinado pelotão do capitão Inouye sempre foi bastante musical. Presos pelos ingleses, eles descobrem que uma tropa de japoneses recusa a rendição e será massacrada pelos inimigos. Mizushima, tocador de arpa do grupo, sobe até uma montanha para tocar, na expectativa de convencer os compatriotas a entregarem-se e evitar o banho de sangue.
Ichiro Sekiguchi
Private Detective Ippei Shizuno faces off against a serial killer and a wealthy woman's society who runs an illegal gun trade.
A reporter Takuo, who is sleeping in the newspaper room of the Maichō newspaper company, receives a sudden report from a reporter that the missing Akiyama JNR president was found dead.
