Shoichi Ozawa

In a poor 19th century rural Japanese village, everyone who reaches the age of 70 has to climb a nearby mountain to die. An elderly woman is reaching close to her cut-off age during her last days with her family.

Though it has been five years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima, Yasuko, her uncle and aunt are forced to deal with the ordeals of the disaster, along with many others like them.

Life story of a woman born in poverty trying to succeed. Through her many schemes, she faces her ups and downs in a cyclical nature, fueled mostly by self-interest.

A housewife living under her tyrannical husband has her life stressfully turned upside down after getting raped by a burglar.

After Atsushi commits murder, he is blackmailed into keeping a suitcase full of embezzled money. What follows is a descent into lustful, reckless actions and regret.

In WW2 Manchuria, a prostitute grows to resent an abusive adjutant and falls in love with his aide.

A couple stand indecisively on a bridge in Asakusa. Tsutae and Yoshiji have lost confidence and passion for their future as they get on the bus for Tsukishima and get off at Suzaki. Across the bridge they see the sign for Suzaki P...

On the eve of the Russo-Japanese war at the beginning of the 20th century, small-town girl Okane has married an old wealthy man to escape a life of poverty.

After killing a high-ranking officer in an illegal duel, a low-ranking samurai is declared insane and challenged to a fixed duel by the vengeful clan to which his dead opponent belonged to.

A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover there are other, equally conniving players involved.

Set in Kawaguchi, just north of Tokyo in the early 60s, the movie chronicles the lives of poor foundry workers and their families; and one girl's dreams of self-improvement through going on to higher education.

A businessman returns from an extended trip, but something seems off. Criminal operations and religious cults come into play, while the man's daughter and her journalist boyfriend race to find the truth.

A college student takes over the family business in the field of organised crime.

Two reporters of divergent morals investigate a drug ring, delving deeper into the underworld in the process.

A college aged woman arrives in Tokyo to study while finding work at the wealthy Tashiro family home as a tutor of the daughter, while the two brothers vie for her attention.

Shinsuke's life from infancy to teens revolves around coal mining. His father sacrifices himself rescuing trapped miners. Shinsuke and his mother receive support from a kind Korean man and a yakuza biker as they cope with the loss.

Sentimental comedy taking place at a harbour in the inland sea.

Sabu and his gang members pick up the young girl, Hanako, at an Osaka train station. Sabu's gang attempts to fool Hanako into starring in a pornographic movie, but Sabu feels badly for Hanako and decides to leave the gang with her.