The basic story in Love under the Crucifix is about Ogin, daughter of a tea master, who are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with a feudal…

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…

Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely devoted to her husband.

Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.

An opportunistic department store clerk gets involved with three women and attempts to manipulate them so he can move up the social ladder.

In the closing days of WWII remnants of the Japanese army in Leyte are abandoned by their command and face certain starvation.

A rumbunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows.

A teacher at a Japanese school tries to hide his outcast upbringing.

On his deathbed, a wealthy businessman announces that his fortune is to be split equally among his three illegitimate children, whose whereabouts are unknown to his family and colleagues. A…