Michiko Hayashi
2021A Tender Place
Shunichi Nagasaki
Yuki Amami, Shunsuke Matsuoka
Kasumi is in the midst of an affair with Ishiyama, one of her husband's clients. When Kasumi and her family visit Ishiyama's villa in Hokkaido, she plans to abandon them to be with Ishiyama. The next morning, her daughter Yuka disappears, which throws Kasumi's life into turmoil. Years later, Yuka remains missing, and Kasumi journeys back to Hokkaido with Utsumi, a terminally-ill former detective, and tries to follow any leads she can.
A Tender Place
A Wanderer's Notebook
Mikio Naruse
Hideko Takamine, Akira Takarada
Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko Takamine – Phillip Lopate calls it “probably her greatest performance” – and Kinuyo Tanaka as mother and daughter living from hand to mouth in Twenties Tokyo. Based on the life and career of Fumiko Hayashi, the novelist whose work Naruse adapted to the screen several times, A Wanderer’s Notebook traces her bitter struggle for literary recognition in the first half of the twentieth century – her affairs with feckless men, the jobs she took to survive (peddler, waitress, bar maid), and her arduous, often humiliating attempts to get published in a male-dominated culture.
A Wanderer's Notebook
12人の優しい日本人
Shun Nakahara
Sansei Shiomi, Kazuyuki Aijima
The film opens as a jury is about to acquit a defendant -- a bar hostess who pushed her ex-husband path of an oncoming truck, supposedly in self-defense. Just as everyone seems to be in agreement over the woman's innocence, one juror voices second thoughts.
The Gentle 12
祝辞
Tomio Kuriyama
Ichirô Zaitsu, Michiko Hayashi
Весёлая комедия о том, как неожиданно на главу семейства Сотомэ Рёсукэ выпадает миссия выступить с речью на свадьбе сына. Для Рёсукэ, не страдающим красноречием, это действительно тяжёлая задача. Он закупает специальные книги, видео, но это всё не помогает. Нет ни одной хорошей идеи. Он обращается даже к своему старому другу диктору за советом. В конце концов после долгих усилий речь готова. Наступает день свадьбы. И в самый ответственный момент, Рёсукэ настолько волнуется, что не находит других слов кроме как: «Поздравляю Вас». В расстроенных чувствах он возвращается домой, и вдруг неожиданный звонок от родителей невесты с благодарностью за очень тёплые слова.
Congratulatory Speech
郡上一揆
Seijiro Koyama
Naoto Ogata, Hiromi Iwasaki
Naoto Ogata plays Sadajiro, a young farmer fighting out the battle of the riot through to the end. Sadajiro's wife is played by Hiromi Iwasaki, his father is played by Go Kato and Ryuzo Hayashi plays a leader of the Riot. The Riot in Gujo is called one of the biggest three riots in the Edo Period as it took almost 5 years to settle and also involved the Edo government. This movie is a period film about the riot and Gujo farmers fighting for their tenacity of purpose. The farmers had suffered enough from heavy taxes and decided to rise up in riot when the domain lord, Yorikane, issued a new act, which practically forced tax increases. Asking the lord to retract the act, they pour down to the Hachiman Castle. For once they attain the repeal deed signed by the chief retainer. However the promise is broken. Now the farmers decide to make a direct plea to the Edo Residence…This film is full tension and breathless moments.
Riot in Gujo
悪魔の手毬唄
Kon Ichikawa
Kôji Ishizaka, Keiko Kishi
Kôsuke Kindaichi, a somewhat peculiar private detective, visits a remote town. He meets a police detective and they start to investigate an old unsolved murder. Then some murders happen. Kindaichi must find out about the past in order to reveal who the murderer is.
Lullaby to Kill
