Profound Desires of the Gods (1968)
An engineer from Tokyo arrives on a drought ridden tropical island to drill a well to power a nearby sugar mill He meets the inbred Futori family, hated by the locals for breaking religious customs
Kwaidan (1964)
A collection of four Japanese folk tales with supernatural themes
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
Chronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the run
Musuko (1991)
Tetsuo is a young man living in Tokyo, who falls in love with a deaf mute factory girl He has always felt jealous of his college educated brother, but ultimately wins both the girl and his fathers acceptance and support in a touch
Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981)
A teenage delinquent schoolgirl named Izumi Hoshi inherits her fathers Yakuza clan
Wife (1953)
Tokyo Mihoko and Toichi Nakagawas ten year marriage is crumbling out of inertia Each knows the other isnt happy, they themselves arent happy, but they dont talk about their problems with each other, each festering in their unha
Rikyu (1989)
Legendary tea master Sen no Rikyu is faced with his warmongering lords unrealistic pretensions
The Burmese Harp (1956)
In the Wars closing days, when a conscience driven Japanese soldier fails to get his countrymen to surrender to overwhelming force, he adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk
Kiga kaikyo (1965)
Three thieves escape from a heist, one of them killing the other two He is sheltered by a prostitute and sought after by the police, but only after ten years his true motivation unravels
Ibo kyoudai (1957)
In a military family, an illegitimate son is brutalized by his brothers A patriarchal, feudalistic household where dissent is forbidden is used to reveal the whole imperialist system that afflicted Japan between 1921 and 1946
Zatoichi at Large (1972)
On the road, Zatoichi meets a dying pregnant woman and delivers the child moments before she passes Honor bound, he sets out to find the next of kin who he discovers have their own problems