Yachiyo Otori

Japanese film based on the song by Harumi Miyako.

Based on a blockbuster song by Kaguyahime, a folk group. Makoto, a college student who belongs to a puppet theatre club, meets Michiko, who works at a printing factory, and they come to learn the bitterness and sadness of love. The two live humbly by the River Kanda, but are viewed coldly by people around them.

Based on the comic by Kazuo Koike

A unique youth masterpiece depicting the awakening of male and female sexuality with a refreshing touch of the breath of youth.

A young yakuza, Yatappe, wanders around the country in search of his long-lost little sister, Oito. While traveling, he rescues a young girl, Osayo, whose father entrusts her to him with his dying wish. To honor his promise to Osayo's deceased father, Yatappe brings her to safety, and from a distance keeps a watchful eye on her well being.

This is one of the many films based on the legend of Chuji Kunisada, a wandering gambler and a defender of the weak in the Edo period. In other words, he was the Japanese Robin Hood. In this film Kunisada (Chiezo Kataoka) arrives to a small town terrorized by an evil gang. He insists that he is not Kunisada, as the word is Kunisada has been executed, but of course the audience know better. Sonny Chiba plays an unusual supporting role as a helpless young man unable to defend himself from the gangsters. He does, however, get to play taiko drums and dance with Junko Fuji (who makes her film debut here). Chiba's father, an old judge who helps Kunisada, is played by Takashi Shimura. The film hardly anything exceptional, but it's a pretty decent jidai geki / yakuza drama.

Lord Gennosuke and Princess Yoshi are to be betrothed to one another, however Gennosuke is already in love with Suzue who is from a lower caste. The order has been sent from up on high that if Gennosuke won't change his mind then Suzue must be dealt with one way or another. When spearmaster, Fuwa Mondo, a Ronin and all around happy guy stumbles into the plot, things get a little hokey-pokey.

Japanese film.

Такуя Симодзё мечтает о карьере революционера. Стены его комнаты в общежитии обклеены портретами Фиделя Кастро, Уинстона Черчилля, Адольфа Гитлера, генерала Тодзё Хидэки. Такуя как будто не замечает различий между своими кумирами. Его привлекает сам образ «вождя». Действие фильма происходит в разгар студенческой борьбы против продления договора о военном союзе между США и Японией, так называемого Договора безопасности (1960). Такуя состоит в студенческом Комитете Протестующих, но к своим обязанностям относится безответственно, а о товарищах распространяет слухи, будто они троцкисты. Свободное время Такуя проводит в барах, развлекаясь с девушками. Жизнь молодого человека кардинально меняется, когда в руки ему попадает взрывчатка.

Молодой саксофонист бешено ревнует любимую девушку к модному исполнителю песен в стиле рок и, доведённый до ярости, стреляет в удачливого соперника, когда тот, окружённый толпой поклонников, поёт на сцене…

A story of an ardent young man who laid down his life for his country.

A mother and her daughter who run a quiet mountain hotel, and guests who visit the hotel. A girl who does not know what a broken heart is, the attractive joy of first love, and separation is like parting with life. The mother-daughter duet with Isuzu Yamada attracted a lot of attention at that time. Haruko Wanibuchi, demonstrated rare attractiveness and pure charm by playing a heroine living in a beautiful and pure first love.

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.

Japanese-Italian adaptation of Puccini's opera.