Cast: Norihei Miki

Direction Shôhei Imamura

Cast Yoshiko Tanaka · Kazuo Kitamura · Etsuko Ichihara · Shoichi Ozawa

Synopsis Black Rain (1989) delves into the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, focusing on the radioactive fallout known as "black rain." Yoshiko Tanaka, a young woman set to be married, finds herself in Hiroshima on the fateful day....

Direction Hiroshi Inagaki

Cast Yûzô Kayama · Tatsuya Mihashi · Akira Takarada · Koshiro Matsumoto

Synopsis 47 Ronin (1962) follows a young lord who finds himself entangled in a web of official corruption within the Shogunate. His refusal to bribe a Chancelor, who is tasked with teaching him the proper etiquette for receiving the Shogun's envoys,...

Direction Shintarô Katsu

Cast Shintarô Katsu · Kanako Higuchi · Takanori Jinnai · Ryuutarô Gan

Direction Akira Inoue

Cast Shintarô Katsu · Norihei Miki · Mikiko Tsubouchi · Takeshi Katô

Direction Shôhei Imamura

Cast Norihei Miki · Ken Ogata · Leonard Kuma · Mitsuko Baisho

Direction Yasuki Chiba

Cast Keiju Kobayashi · Kyôko Anzai · Chishu Ryu · Asami Kuji

Direction Shuei Matsubayashi

Cast Hisaya Morishige · Asami Kuji · Keiju Kobayashi · Yôko Tsukasa

Direction Yasuki Chiba

Cast Machiko Kyô · Haruko Sugimura · Yôko Tsukasa · Reiko Dan

Synopsis The Daphne (1966) centers around a family of four sisters, each bearing a floral name. The youngest two have found their way into marriage, while the eldest sisters remain unmarried, causing their mother considerable distress. Alongside her brother, the mother...

Direction Yûzô Kawashima

Cast Hisaya Morishige · Chikage Awashima · Daisuke Kato · Michiyo Kogure

Direction Toshio Sugie

Cast Hisaya Morishige · Frankie Sakai · Eitarô Matsuyama · Junzaburo Ban

Direction Yasuki Chiba

Cast Daisuke Kato · Sadako Sawamura · Hiroshi Tachikawa · Chikage Awashima

Direction Nobuhiko Ôbayashi

Cast Hitomi Kuroki · Tsurutaro Kataoka · Norihei Miki · Kippei Shiina

Synopsis Sada (1998) delves into the controversial life of Sada Abe, a woman who gained notoriety in 1936 for her extreme actions. The narrative explores her tumultuous relationship with her lover, culminating in a shocking act of violence that left him...

Direction Shuei Matsubayashi

Cast Hisaya Morishige · Asami Kuji · Machiko Naka · Keiko Sawai

Direction Tomotaka Tasaka

Cast Kinnosuke Nakamura · Michiyo Kogure · Wakaba Irie · Shoichi Ozawa

Synopsis Cold Rice, Osan and Chan (1965) presents Nakamura Kinnosuke in a trio of distinct roles, each adapted from short stories by renowned author Yamamoto Shugoro. In the first tale, "Hiyameshi," a young man grapples with the challenges of pursuing his...

Direction Nobuo Aoyagi

Cast Hisaya Morishige · Keiju Kobayashi · Daisuke Kato · Asami Kuji

Direction Shirô Toyoda

Cast Hisaya Morishige · Reiko Dan · Nobuko Otowa · Keiko Awaji

Synopsis The Maid Story (1963) follows the lives of nine maids who work in the household of a writer and his wife. The couple forms a unique bond with their maids, treating them as daughters and even arranging marriages for them...

Direction Nobuo Aoyagi

Cast Norihei Miki · Sonosuke Sawamura · Murasaki Fujima · Kyoko Aoyama

Direction Nobuo Aoyagi

Cast Norihei Miki · Akio Kobori · Shin Morikawa · Hisaya Morishige

Direction Nobuo Aoyagi

Cast Norihei Miki · Yasuko Nakada · Ichirô Arishima · Shin Morikawa

Direction Nobuo Aoyagi

Cast Hiroshi Koizumi · Machiko Kitagawa · Kyoko Aoyama · Chikage Ogi