
Kazuko Imai
1932 - 2012Story of a Prostitute
Seijun Suzuki
Tamio Kawachi, Yumiko Nogawa
Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soldiers, Harumi is commandeered by the brutal Lieutenant Narita but falls for the sensitive Mikami, Narita's direct subordinate. Seijun Suzuki's Story of a Prostitute is a tragic love story as well as a rule-bending take on a popular Taijiro Tamura novel, challenging military and fraternal codes of honor, as seen through Harumi's eyes.
Story of a Prostitute
Ohaka to rikon
Ryō Iwamatsu
Kaoru Kobayashi, Yoshiko Tanaka
Yoshinori sells plots of land in a cemetery, and is involved in a stale ten-year-old marriage with bored housewife Atsuko. When Atsuko makes a male friend at her leather-working class, Yoshinori has a fit. This is on top of the myriad of odd clients that he must appease.
The Tomb & the Divorce
遠い一本の道
Sachiko Hidari
Hisashi Igawa, Sachiko Hidari
Set in the time of steam locomotives and covering a period of almost 30 years, this sensitive film tells the story of the wife of a railroad worker in the northern part of Japan. The ferocious local class restrictions work to keep her husband in his place, as does his lack of education.
The Far Road
木村家の人びと
Yojiro Takita
Takeshi Kaga, Kaori Momoi
Set in Japan during the bubble era, this unique home comedy cheerfully and humorously depicts the daily life of a strange family that works together to accumulate a small amount of money, while mixing irony and satire.
The Yen Family
クレオパトラ
Eiichi Yamamoto, Osamu Tezuka
Chinatsu Nakayama, Hajime Hana
Three people from the future, who travel spiritually to the era of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII Philopator and her Roman lovers Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, become their closest friends as they try to unravel the nature of the plan developed in their own time by a sinister enemy.
Cleopatra: Queen of Sex
きけ、わだつみの声
Masanobu Deme
Yuji Oda, Koji Matoba
Following the lives of three college rugby players drafted to serve in the military during WWII. Though they believe their service will help to benefit their loved ones back home, they are unprepared for the hardships of war. Through their shared trials and sacrifices, they grow closer as friends, and hope to return together to better days. This movie was released in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the end of WWII.
Last Friends