Mutsuko Sakura

An old couple visit their children and grandchildren in the city, but receive little attention.

The head of a Japanese theatre troupe returns to a small coastal town where he left a son who thinks he is his uncle, and tries to make up for the lost time, but his current mistress grows jealous.

A young woman's husband apparently commits suicide without warning or reason, leaving behind his wife and infant.

Follows these delinquent and lazy school girls who, in their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, end up vitiating and replacing the schools brass band.

A businessman clashes with his elder daughter over her choice of a husband.

Chronicling the turmoil and pandemonium that ensues at a derelict university sumo club, and the rise of some unlikely heroes.

When a family has to relocate due to the war, they are ostracized by their new community.

In the near future, the village of Hanatani will be flooded by a dam. Kenichi, the owner of an old photo studio has a son, Takashi, who works as an assistant photographer in Tokyo. One day, they are asked to make "The Village Albu...

A young man ignores his mother's pleas and becomes drawn to a life of crime.

A young wife looses patience with her career-minded husband and returns to her parents' home while an unpaid mortgage forces the couple to rent out their home for the summer to the husband's boss.

Bored with school, 15-year-old Daisuke Kawashima embarks on a pilgrimage to visit the 7,000-year-old cedar tree on distant Yakushima Island. Through his journey, Daisuke meets a number of interesting people, including friendly tru...

In the 19th century, a Japanese prostitute is about to move to America with her lover when he dies. Saddened, she moves to America alone and becomes a successful prostitute. However, her dead lover reappears on her knee as a mole,...