Yūko Mochizuki

Kwaidan

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A...

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested b...

The End of Summer

The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health afte...

The Ballad of Narayama

In a remote village where food is scarce, elders who reach the age of 70 are carried by their children to the t...

Red Lion

Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier...

A Japanese Tragedy

At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful so...

Late Chrysanthemums

What is the life of a Geisha like once her beauty has faded and she has retired? Kin has saved, and become a we...

Carmen Comes Home

A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware that she has b...

Different Sons

In the middle of the period of high economic growth in Japan, a family is thrown into disarray over work, money...

The Thick-Walled Room

A group of rank-and-file soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victims of a nation refusi...

Rice

A touching story depicting the harsh lives of farmers in Kasumigaura. An attempt to start a fishery business to...

Always in My Heart Part 2

Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Two meet again in Hokkaido only to be separated again.

Ofukuro

Shizuka, Eiichiro, and Mineko, their father and son, live modestly in a certain suburb, leading a dreary but ha...

Always in My Heart

Machiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge during the Great Tok...

Always in My Heart Part 3

Machiko and Haruki’s drama continues. Machiko is not allowed to see Haruki. They finally meet again, but Haruki...

Kaachan

Home drama about tin craftsmen and their families in downtown Tokyo. Though poor, they do not lose their cheerf...

The White Orchid

A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo

Farewell to Dream

A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becomi...

Salaryman Sampei Meijiro: Sighing Husband

The fourth instalment in the Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei series.

Carmen's Innocent Love

Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.

Three Loves

In a mountain village, Heita, a translator's son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the villagers. He can imita...

This Way, That Way

An intellectual couple in a staid and tedious marriage are surprised when the wife’s niece, who has run away fr...

The Fourth Lady

It was the first time in six years that I was able to step on the land of my homeland, the land of my nostalgia...

The Child Writers

A touching story about little Futyan and his sister Matiko. Their parents are very poor, but the children are n...

Street of Love and Hope

The lives of a teenager, his impoverished family, a wealthy young woman who buys a pigeon from him, and his car...

Lightning

The Tale of Jiro

Based on the novel by Kojin Shimomura. Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life...

Love du Jour

The proprietress of a long-established sushi restaurant in Asakusa is a war widow who has raised three children...

The Song of the Cart

A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.

Doctor's Day Off

Having completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day off. However, i...

The Foster Mother

A human drama about the bond between parents and a child and family love. The daughter leaves her foster parent...

Sisters

Keiko and Toshiko are sisters who leave their mountain home, where their parents live in a hydroelectric plant...

First Love Questions and Answers

The Garden of Women

A student at a woman's university takes a controversial action against the school's old-fashioned doctrines.

Yaneura no Onna-tachi

Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei

A masterpiece of life sketches overflowing with heartwarming affection and laughter that portrays the modern co...