
Tetsutaro Murano
2021遠野物語
Tetsutaro Murano
Kyōko Enami, Shiho Fujimura
Sayo has just celebrated her sixteenth birthday when she attends a temple festival. On her way back she sees a large cherry tree which is infamous for the legend of dead white horse. When her fiancé returns from war and visits her he comes across a white horse which he takes in. The man also does not see himself engaged anymore as his family has lost its wealth.
The Legend of Sayo
鬼の詩
Tetsutaro Murano
Saburo Date, Giichi Fujimoto
Bakyo is a talented but unsuccessful rakugo artist. The very successful Rokyu wants to take Bakyo under his wings, but Bakyo refuses, claiming that Rokyu's rakugo is compromised by the elements of kabuki. But Bakyo changes his mind and determines to learn (or steal) Rokyu's craft and makes it his own.
Song of the Devil
上方苦界草紙
Tetsutaro Murano
Mayumi Ogawa, Kazuyo Harada
"Do Not Fall" - Set during Japan's Meiji period, three sisters are abused and exploited by their harsh father, including a daughter who plays the three-corded shamisen for pilgrims visiting the sacred chapel of Ise.
Kamigata Kugaizoshi