Daigo Kusano

はだしのゲン　ＰＡＲＴ３　ヒロシマのたたかい

Tengo Yamada

Jun Harada, Satomi Oka

Second live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel.

襤褸の旗

Kōzaburō Yoshimura

Rentaro Mikuni, Michiko Araki

Film about the Ashio Copper Mine Incident and Shozo Tanaka.

Strange Affinity

Kaneto Shindō

Nobuko Otowa, Kiwako Taichi

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.

Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades

Kenji Misumi

Tomisaburō Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa

In the third film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, Ogami Itto volunteers to be tortured by Yakuza to save a prostitute and is hired by their leader to kill an evil chamberlain.

Tomorrow

Kazuo Kuroki

Kaori Momoi, Kaho Minami

On August 9, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This film, based on a story by Mitsukaru Inoue, describes the daily life of people in Nagasaki the day before that fateful event. It presents the human drama of people's lives, and their feelings of joy and sadness. These include a newlywed couple, an expectant mother, and lovers who must say farewell because the boy is called to serve in the army. Each of these people, like others in the city, hoped to live with their dreams for ‘tomorrow’. But tomorrow never comes for them, as their lives are brought to an abrupt and unexpected end. Knowing how the story ends, in this case, doesn't detract from it at all; rather, it enhances the emotional impact, which is further heightened by the poignant musical score from Teizo Matsumura. 'Ashita' is the first film in Kazuo Kuroki's 'War Requiem Trilogy,' which also includes 'Utsukushii Natsu Kirishima' (2002) and 'Chichi to Kuraseba' (2004).

Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell

Yoshiyuki Kuroda

Tomisaburō Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa

In the sixth and final film of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, the final conflict between Ogami Itto and the Yagyu clan is carried out.

かげろう

Kaneto Shindō

Nobuko Otowa, Juzo Itami

Otowa is a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film begins with the discovery of her corpse, which leads to an investigation that uncovers the narcotics, prostitution, and murder in which many poor farmers had found themselves trapped after World War II.

桜の代紋

Kenji Misumi

Tomisaburō Wakayama, Hiroshi Sekiguchi

When 150 guns are stolen from Iwakuni base and two police officers are shot dead, a detective criminal tries to find out the truth.

青葉繁れる

Kihachi Okamoto

Masao Kusakari, Yoshitaka Tanba

Based on the novel of the same name by Hisashi Inoue.

いのちぼうにふろう

Masaki Kobayashi

Tatsuya Nakadai, Komaki Kurihara

The story takes place in feudal Japan, when any commerce with the rest of the world was strictly prohibited. An idealist suddenly appears in an isolated inn (the one that the title refers to), the head-quarters of a group of smugglers, with stolen money intended to ransom his loved one who is forced to work in a brothel.

姿三四郎

Kihachi Okamoto

Tomokazu Miura, Kumiko Akiyoshi

The story of Sanshiro Sugata, a young man who wants to learn the new art of judo. A wise teacher reveals to Sanshiro that judo is not merely a means of combat nor a demonstration of physical skill, but an art which reveals the artist to himself.

讃歌

Kaneto Shindō

Nobuko Otowa, Tokuko Watanabe

The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel beatings.

必殺4 恨みはらします

Kinji Fukasaku

Makoto Fujita, Kazuko Katô

Having been demoted for failing to prevent the murder of one of his superiors, Mondo is startled by a group of masked thugs who are soon attacked in turn by an unseen force. He begins to suspect the work of assassins, but whose side are they on?

Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo

Kihachi Okamoto

Shintarō Katsu, Toshirō Mifune

With a price on his head, Ichi seeks tranquillity in a favorite village. Since his last visit, it has fallen prey to Boss Masagoro, the son of a merchant rumored to have stolen gold from the shogunate. The boss has hired Yojimbo as his hard-drinking enforcer, but Yojimbo is both a spy for the shogunate, trying to find the gold, and in love with the merchant's unwilling mistress, Umeno. Ichi hires on as the merchant's masseur and buys Umeno's freedom with his employer's own money. This embarrasses Yojimbo who withdraws from a pact with Ichi to stir up trouble between father and son and their gangs. As the two sides fight, Ichi finds the gold and sets up a final set of confrontations.

裸の十九才

Kaneto Shindō

Daijirō Harada, Nobuko Otowa

Michio Yamada, a recent school graduate, is sent to Tokyo to work as a fruit-packer in a department store as part of a government programme. He takes a gun from a house on an American base and uses it to kill several people. The scene changes to Yamada's childhood. Yamada is born the child of a reprobate and a weak-willed woman. As a boy Yamada, experiences poverty and the rape of his sister at first hand.