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Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely...

Part 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and Kohei, marrying upward, and being blackmailed by the...

A man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families.

A young woman is forced by circumstance into a loveless marriage while still in love with another. This episodic tale follows their story through...

The few residents left on the streets in Tokyo share their individual stories and come to understand the melancholy of saying goodbye.

When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his children into unsatisfying marriages and careers in...

A lighthouse keeper and his family follow work from town to town, each time making new friends and receiving a visit from his troublesome father.

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.

A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal when she's seen with her intense, no-nonsense...

On the way back to his childhood home, a septuagenarian man recalls his childhood and adolescence, in particular his love for a young woman.

A wife is diagnosed with an incurable disease at a young age. Her husband loves her, supports her, and tries to stay with her. However, the wife is...

The wife of an elite government official left her husband, and a young journalist is sent to investigate the case. But his boss has a hidden agenda.

After surviving the double suicide pact she made with her lover, a woman gives birth to their child.

A Japanese family weathers much hardship after their military uncle comes to live with them during WWII.

A wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their superstitious beliefs about their son's illness.

In postwar Japan a young woman is unable to marry her sweetheart because her family's in difficult circumstances and needs her income to keep afloat.

The story of the trials and tribulations of a lighthouse keeper and his wife.

Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.

The story of a teacher who comes to a village on the Inland Sea and the relationship that develops between her and her 12 pupils.

The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’...