Cast: Atsuko Kawaguchi

Direction Toshio Matsumoto

Cast Katsuo Nakamura · Yasuko Sanjo · Juro Kara · Masao Imafuku

Plot A stark, desperate tale of vengeance, Shura examines the plight of Gengobe (a Ronin), and his quest to right the wrongs done unto him. This is basically the whole plot...

Direction Masaki Kobayashi

Cast Toru Abe · Minoru Chiaki · Tatsuya Nakadai · Jun Hamamura

Direction Kaneto Shindô

Cast Nobuko Otowa · Hideo Kanze · Meg Flower · Taiji Tonoyama

Plot Based on the Noh drama with the same name, The Iron Crown is about a woman plotting revenge against her husband who leaves her for a younger woman. Shindo's adaptation...

Direction Tetsutaro Murano

Cast Reiko Oimori · Reiko Hayama · Mayumi Ogawa · Hisashi Igawa

Plot Set during Japan's Meiji period, three sisters are abused and exploited by their harsh father, including a daughter who plays the three-corded shamisen for pilgrims visiting the sacred chapel of...

Direction Hideo Gosha

Cast Tatsuya Nakadai · Yukari Uehara · Kunie Tanaka · Ichirô Nakatani

Direction Kihachi Okamoto

Cast Tatsuya Nakadai · Reiko Dan · Hideo Sunazuka · Eisei Amamoto

Direction Kaneto Shindô

Cast Nobuko Otowa · Eiko Yamagishi · Taiji Tonoyama · Hideo Kanze

Direction Tetsutaro Murano

Cast Hisashi Igawa · Yûko Katagiri · Atsuko Kawaguchi · Choichiro Kawarazaki

Plot Akira leaves for the Mt. Gassan foothills before winter’s onset, visiting the local temple and interacting with the residents all while falling for fair Fumiko.

Direction Yoshitaro Nomura

Cast Shima Iwashita · Go Kato · Mayumi Ogawa · Yusuke Takita

Plot Hamajima is a quiet, hard-working man, whose life changes drastically when he reunites with a lovely childhood friend and her strange little boy.