
June 29, 1976 · 50 years old

An ordinary Japanese family slowly disintegrates after its patriarch loses his job at a prominent company.

A young medical intern student is dismayed when he is assigned to work in a remote countryside village.

A young child is obsessed with learning about and drawing fish. The child seems a little odd, but if you are understanding and supportive you will be cheering in the end.

A precarious loner sneaks into a blind woman's home and begins living there without her noticing. Meanwhile, the woman mourns her recently deceased father and struggles to remain connected to the world.

Toho university hospital has established an outstanding coronary surgery team under the leadership of a up and coming, star, U.S. trained surgeon (Kiji Kikkawa) that specializes in the highly risky "Batista" procedure to shrink th...

Having gone through trauma and pain for most of his life a man finds refuse in his camera and the parks and greenery of Tokyo following a recent dismal event. On one such occasion he is approached by a dentist who instead of being...

Explores the complex aftermath of Japan's earthquakes and other global crises.

A seeing-eye dog name Shiro is granted one wish by his former, now dead owner. Shiro chooses to become a human for a short time so he can find the girl who trained him as a puppy. While attempting to get to know her [as he runs al...

There lies a thickly wooded area in Eastern Japan, near the slopes of Mount Fuji, which is termed, suicide forest. It is infamous for being a destination for those who for various reasons want to commit suicide. We see them here; ...

A 48-year-old company chief, Yukihiro Fujiyama (Koji Yakusho) goes to a hospital. There he discovered that he has got terminal lung cancer and will die within half a year. He declines any treatment and decides to go to see some pe...