Girls of the Night
In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently release from one of Japan’s new rehabilitation centers struggles to build a new life.
The End of Summer
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his…
Equinox Flower
Wataru Hirayama’s outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a musician and is adamant to live life her own…
Sansho the Bailiff
In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family’s patriarch, who was exiled years before.
The Crucified Lovers
When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves falling for…