Cast: Kotobuki Hananomoto

Direction Akio Jissoji

Cast Kotobuki Hananomoto · Akiji Kobayashi · Eiji Okada · Kin Sugai

Plot Jissoji's feature film debut about the incestuous relationship of two siblings from a traditional family near Kyoto is a rare example of a successful rendition of Buddhist thought in film...

Direction Tetsuji Takechi

Cast Chojuro Hanakawa · Kotobuki Hananomoto · Akira Ishihama

Plot Black Snow tells the tale of a disturbed young man who, after spying on his mother with a black serviceman, finds himself unable to attain sexual arousal unless fondling a...

Direction Nagisa Ôshima

Cast Keiko Asami · Kakuko Chino · Kotobuki Hananomoto · Kiku Hôjô

Plot Nagisa Oshima's directorial debut. It seems to be in the form of a trailer for a film that doesn't exist. It parodies the mainstream Japanese film genres of the time...

Direction Kôji Wakamatsu

Cast Mitsuko Miura · Kotobuki Hananomoto · Fumiko Sakakibara · Noriko Okayama

Plot A drama depicting a girl’s suffering from prenatal radiation damage caused by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Direction Santarô Marune

Cast Kinshirô Matsumoto · Hiroshi Nawa · Kotobuki Hananomoto · Rintarô Fujima

Direction Akio Jissoji

Cast Kotobuki Hananomoto · Janet Hatta · Saburo Shinoda · Ryo Tamura

Plot Nagare, a painter who wanted to commit a lover’s suicide with Mizue, the wife of his friend and patron Takigawa. Growing afraid at the last moment, he doesn’t go through...

Direction Motomu Ida

Cast Hideki Takahashi · Yumiko Nogawa · Shinsuke Ashida · Jun Negami

Direction Kon Ichikawa · Tetsuji Takechi

Cast Kotobuki Hananomoto · Ruriko Asaoka · Izumi Ashikawa · Chojuro Hanakawa

Plot Based on the classic novel by Murasaki Shikibu, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor, has gained renown among the nobility of Kyoto for his charm...