Michio Kida
2021
素浪人罷り通る 涙に消えた三日極楽
Akira Inoue
Toshirō Mifune, Kaoru Sugita
When the 'Lowly Ronin' helps an orphaned teenage girl avoid being turned into a prostitute, she then claims he is her father and they start a farm as father and daughter until fate steps in and he must draw his sword.
Lowly Ronin 5: The Teenage Orphan Girl
Rhapsody in August
Akira Kurosawa
Sachiko Murase, Hidetaka Yoshioka
The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies.
Rhapsody in August
Nami no bon
Akio Jissoji
Chishū Ryū, Haruko Kato
The story of a Japanese man who as a 16-year-old went to Maui to work in the sugar cane fields in order to support his family back in Japan. Now 89 and still living in Hawaii he is visited by his granddaughter who brings him a letter from his disinherited and recently dead son. This brings back memories of his life with his wife and family following the attack on Pearl Harbor, in particular of his son who had gone off to join the war for the Americans.
Lanterns on Blue Waters
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
