Cast: Miki Mori

Direction Tatsuo Ôsone

Cast Minoru Oki · Mariko Okada · Chishu Ryu · Akira Yamanouchi

Direction Keisuke Kinoshita

Cast Yoshiko Kuga · Mariko Okada · Eitarô Ozawa · Michiko Araki

Synopsis Spring Dreams (1960) begins with a sudden disruption in the tranquil life of an affluent family. The calm is shattered when an elderly man, who sells potatoes, collapses on the living room floor of their residence. The family is forced...

Direction Eitarô Morikawa

Cast Miki Mori · Mutsuko Sakura · Hizuru Takachiho · Fumio Watanabe

Synopsis The Tragedy of Bushido (1960) follows the story of Iori, a 16-year-old youth compelled to perform "seppuku" (ritual suicide) to uphold the honor of his samurai clan and follow his deceased lord. Oko, the wife of Iori's elder brother who...

Direction Tatsuo Ôsone

Cast Ineko Arima · Junzaburo Ban · Minosuke Bando · Danko Ichikawa

Direction Tatsuo Ôsone

Cast Kanjuro Arashi · Chikage Awashima · Kiku Hôjô · Keiko Kishi

Synopsis Honno-Ji in Flames (1959) is set in late 16th century Japan, a time marked by intense power struggles among warlords vying for control of the nation. Oda Nobunaga, renowned for his brutal and merciless tactics, emerges as the most formidable...

Direction Kunio Watanabe

Cast Kôkichi Takada · Junzaburo Ban · Jûshirô Konoe · Achako Hanabishi

Direction Heinosuke Gosho

Cast Chikage Awashima · Junzaburo Ban · Ayako Wakao · Miki Mori

Synopsis The Fireflies (1958) unfolds in the 1860s during the waning years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, centering around Tose (Awashima Chikage), the dedicated proprietor of the Teradaya, a modest inn nestled in the Kyoto suburb of Fushimi. Tose's life is far...