Screenplay: Hiroshi Takeyama

Direction Yasuo Furuhata

Cast Ken Takakura · Yûko Tanaka · Isao Natsuyagi · Ryuuji Harada

Plot A Japanese love story that takes place during World War 2. It follows a young Japanese man who goes to war and tries to stay connected to his true love.

Direction Kan Ishibashi

Cast Ken Watanabe · Hiromi Nagasaku · Kaho Minami · Jun Fubuki

Plot The drama is set in Shinjuku's Kabukicho district and is inspired by Gen Hidemori, who runs the Japan Social Minority Centre, an NPO rescue center in Kabukicho that has served...

Direction Meiji Fujita

Cast Ken Watanabe · Ryoko Hirosue

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Keiko Kishi · Ryuuji Harada · Shoichi Ozawa · Kanae Katsuno

Plot A strong-willed matriarch (Keiko Kishi) struggles to keep her brood of five -- including three grown sons and a pretty, marriageable daughter -- on the road to financial survival, if...

Direction Kon Ichikawa

Cast Ruriko Asaoka · Hisashi Igawa · Renji Ishibashi · Saburo Ishikura

Direction Yôichi Higashi

Cast Maiko Kawakami · Minori Terada · Shuko Honami · Hiroyuki Watari

Plot Yusuke Mikuni, a department manager at his company, buys a one-room apartment to have some space to himself. He signs an agreement with a young woman named Chako and has...

Direction Takashi Miike

Cast Tatsuya Fujiwara · Satoshi Tsumabuki · Tomoko Tabata · Kazue Fukiishi

Plot Framed for a crime he did not commit, Eiji is subjected to the harsh realities of the Ishikawa Island workhouse. Sabu, Eiji's longtime friend, must discover who is responsible for...