Taiko Shinbashi

Magazine reporter Saeko Kawamura receives a message on her answering machine from her friend Yuka asking for help... when Saeko goes to Takamatsu in Shikoku to find Yuka, she runs into journalist Ogata!

Эдо конца XVIII века – мир веселых кварталов, театров, лавок, торгующих фривольной литературой и живописью; мир высших правительственных сановников, мир цензуры, запретов и казней. Куртизанки, живущие, словно в позолоченной клетке, в квартале Ёсивара; художники, там же черпающие свое вдохновение; актеры кабуки – все они пользуются невероятной популярностью у горожан и вызывают непримиримую ненависть властей. Посреди этого красочного, шумного, пряного карнавального водоворота неожиданно вспыхивает звезда яркого и самобытного художника Тосюсая Сяраку.

The Yamaoki family moved from Kyoto to Tosa around the turn of the '50s; local school teacher Hirao becomes involved with Yasuko, sister to Sumio.

В книжном магазине неизвестный застрелил трех человек. Они никак не связаны между собой. Следствие начинается с того, что не известны ни убийца, ни выбранная им жертва. В расследовании принимают участие детективы Мураками, Кита и Норо. Они вынуждены не только искать убийцу, но преодолевать щемящее чувство одиночества, которое окружает их со всех сторон.

Magistrate Toyama no Kin-san is ordered to catch the phantom thief Nezumi Kozo, who is robbing daimyo and wealthy townspeople. Under the name of Nezumi Kozo, there is a small wholesaler Jiro. And once Toyama and Jiro, when they were young, were comrades who spent all their time gambling and having fun with women in the Yushima Tenjin area...

The story of Shinsuke, a young man who lives through a stormy life as a poverty-stricken coal miner. Ranging from Shinsuke's infanthood to his mid-teens. Coal workers and the mines dominate nearly every aspect of his life. Shinsuke's father a group leader at the mine, dies while bravely using dynamite to rescue a group of trapped Korean miners. Several older men attempt to help he and his mother cope, including a friendly Harley-riding yakuza boss. This movie has it all, drama, romance, sex, yakuza and violence! It is based on a story by Hiroyuki Itsuki that was originally serialized in the magazine Shukan Gendai in 1969-70.

Fujishita Kumi is an ordinary office lady. Longing to escape her poor fishing village for a life in the city, she came to Tokyo. One day while alone in the office, she's spotted rolling up her pantyhose by the window cleaner Kurata Katsuo. This was to be their first encounter. Completely enchanted by Kumi, Katsuo does everything he can to get close to her. Katsuo is a man with a terrible past. With the death of his coal miner father, his family was broken up and he was forced to follow in his father's footsteps laboring away in the mud. In spite of this, Katsuo still has dreams. He dreams of living in Resiporuko, a utopian fantasyland that exists only in his imagination. When Katsuo and Kumi finally meet they find themselves unable to communicate. Katsuo spends all his time talking about Resiporuko with a starry look in his eyes, while Kumi dreams of living the high life in the city. One day when the two travel to the seashore, they discover a wounded seagull.

В центре событий анархист Сакаэ Осуги и его возлюбленная Ноэ Ито, которые были задушены 16 сентября 1923 года по приказу лейтенанта военнной полиции Амакасу. Вместе с ними был убит 6-летний племянник Осуги. По задумке режиссера молодые студенты реконструируют шаг за шагом взаимотношения между Осуги и тремя женщинами, с которыми он открыто поддерживал связь.