Seiji Miyaguchi

Farmers from a village exploited by bandits hire a veteran samurai for protection, and he gathers six other samurai to join him.

A Japanese pacifist, unable to face the dire consequences of conscientious objection, is transformed by his attempts to compromise with the demands of war-time Japan.

A family chooses a match for their daughter Noriko, but she, surprisingly, has her own plans.

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot take the truth of being abandoned as a child.

A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling.

A kabuki theatre-inflected story about a poor village whose people have to be carried to a nearby mountain to die once they get old.

Sugata returns to prove his judo mastery in a match against Western opponents.

A down-and-out American boxer becomes involved in a feud between two Japanese brothers.

The work of Catalan architect Antonio Gaudí, as seen by Japanese New Wave director Hiroshi Teshigahara.

The legendary samurai Sasuke Sarutobi gets caught in a web of political intrigue, deception and espionage during the early 17th century.

A housewife living under her tyrannical husband has her life stressfully turned upside down after getting raped by a burglar.

A love triangle develops between a benevolent student, his innocent girlfriend, and a cruel petty criminal, all as a point of diagnosis of a social disease that had Japan slowly succumbing to lawlessness during the post-War era.

A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.

A dramatization of the 24-hour period in which the Japanese government was deadlocked over the decision to accept or reject the Allies' demand for an unconditional surrender following the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

A dying businessman intends to will two hundred million yen to his three illegitimate children, but his associates scheme to take advantage of the situation.

A woman is avenging the death of her husband in this slightly supernatural drama.

A surreal, isolated village sees its inhabitants gradually leave behind their mutual traditions and superstitions as they leave for the city. Among them are two cousins who love each other and who get into a quarrel with other vil...

A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive for success, takes up with a tailor who cannot console himself with her strong pers...

Two twin girls are separated at birth. One grows up in a loving family. The other one doesn't. They finally meet by complete accident on a town fair. No one ever told them about the other one so they begin familiarizing with each ...

A young man struggles to come to terms with his true identity in a remote caste-based village in early 20th century Japan.

Story 1 : "The Thirteenth Night". Seki turns up at her parents' house in the dead of night, where she breaks down and says she cannot continue to live with her husband, a rich man to whom the family is indebted. After a tearful an...

The adventures of a ronin, a samurai without a feudal lord, trying to achieve safety in a neighbouring domain.

Lt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. He believes that what is really necessary for Japan to regain momentum in the war is for the air force to gather its most brilliant pilots int...

In the forties in Japan, a group of brilliantly qualified university students are selected to break all ties with their previous lives and form the Japanese spy service.

Two journalists and their lovers share an uncertain future.