Kazuya Kosaka

The orphaned Makioka sisters look for a husband for their third sister, Yukiko, as the rebellious youngest sister, Taeko, is kept waiting her turn.

Kuki is a veteran newspaper reporter who has been shuffled off to a book-development branch and finds escape in an illicit relationship with Rinko. Together they find the passion no longer present in their marriages.

A young journalist turns to an assassin for help when a team of hired killers comes gunning for her.

An alienated young man flirts with extremism during a major student protest.

A homeless man falls ill near a wealthy family's home, who take him in and find themselves dealing with his visiting friends.

A man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families.

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.

A college student becomes romantically involved with a married middle-aged teacher.

In the summer of 1947, various men and women gather at a mansion in the countryside at the invitation of Kazuma Utagawa. They are artists, novelists, poets, painters, playwrights, actresses, etc. Then the murders begin, one after ...