Tag Archives: Japan

In Okayama in the mid-1930s, Kiroku attends high school and boards with a Catholic family whose daughter, Michiko, captures his heart. Read More »

Tange Tenzen and Nakayama Yasubei are honorable samurai living in an era of corrupt officials and treacherous clans. Read More »

Tora-san hears that his mother is still alive and returns to Tokyo to track her down. Read More »

Sumako, a country girl, becomes a great actress with the help of Hogetsu,a scholar who brought Read More »

Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. Read More »

The rogue Ryuzen priest is now not only gambling, fornicating, fighting, drinking Read More »

An old married couple Shukichi Hirayama and Tomiko live on a small island in the Inland Sea. Read More »

In the seventeenth century, Japan is divided between two forces. Read More »

Iemitsu, Tokugawa Shogun III, hates his eldest son Takechiyo; all his love is given to his younger son Tokumatsu. Read More »

A troupe of travelling players arrive at a small seaport in the south of Japan. Read More »