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Tora-san 44 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no kokuhaku (1991) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Hideko Yoshida

When Izumi can’t stand seeing her mother flirt with other men, she leaves home. Read More »
Tora-san 43 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no kyuujitsu (1990) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Mari Natsuki

Mitsuo goes to Nagoya to visit Izumi, whose father left Izumi’s sad Read More »
Here Because of You / Kimitachi ga ite boku ga ita (1964) Ryuichi Takamori, Ushio Akashi, Shigeko Arai, Shin’ichi Chiba

An uplifting drama about the bond between a group of high school seniors Read More »
Labyrinth Romanesque / Hanazono no meikyu (1988) Shun’ya Itô, Yôko Shimada, Yûya Uchida, Yûki Kudô

Based on Edogawa Ranpo Award winner “Hanazono no Meikyu” by Yoko Yamazaki. Read More »
Harakiri / Seppuku (1962) Masaki Kobayashi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita

Following the collapse of his clan, an unemployed samurai (Tatsuya Nakadai) Read More »
The New Voyage / Gakko III (1998) Yôji Yamada, Shinobu Ôtake, Yûki Kuroda, Nenji Kobayashi

A widow who has single-handedly raised her autistic son loses her job and begins Read More »
Forget Love for Now (1937) Hiroshi Shimizu

The lives of unhappy children and women, particularly mothers Read More »
Minamata: The Victims and Their World / Minamata Kanja-san to sono sekai (1971) Noriaki Tsuchimoto

The film focuses on residents who suffered Minamata disease in the nervous system Read More »
Love Letter / Rabu retâ (1981) Yôichi Higashi, Keiko Takahashi, Katsuo Nakamura, Mariko Kaga

Yuko is in love with an old poet who happens to be also a married man. Read More »