Shinkichi, a peasant employed as a cloth-dyer, has a dream: in the midst of the civil war which ravages Japan, he hopes to revive the long-banned custom of the Kyoto Gion Festival, and by doing so, bring together the warring clans and rampaging brigands in peaceful celebration.

Traveling to Africa in a cultural exchange program, a young Japanese engineer discovers a world completely unlike the one he knows. His interaction with the Africans he meets reveals to him that he has been living a lie, and that he is not the man he thought he was.

改编自三岛由纪夫的同名小说。

As her husband Eiichi becomes more entangled in his life as businessman, Naoko looks for ways to expand her own life even as her husband's life shrinks in scope and intimacy. She finds new interests, new love, and a greater sense of her place in the world.

劇作家・清水邦夫と当時まだTVディレクターだった田原総一朗の共同脚本・共同監督による鮮烈な一編。田原も清水も同じ大学から岩波映画社に入社した先輩と後輩同士である。桃井かおりがろうあ者の少女役で本格的デビューを飾り、その美しくふくよかな裸体は当時の若い観客たちをワクワクさせた。また、当時新進気鋭の写真家・加納典明や歌手のカルメン・マキが出演し、話題をまいた作品でもある。オリンピック候補として挙げられた棒高跳びをあきらめて、次のスポーツとしてかっぱらいを選んだ主人公。彼が、北陸の地をさまよい歩きながら出会った身体障害者の兄弟との心の交流をみずみずしいタッチで描いた、一種のロード・ムービー。

Renowned detective Kosuke Kindaichi is called to an island where a dying man's words lead him to investigate a series of murders connected to the 'Nue' legend and the powerful Osakabe family, who separate twins at birth.

Story of the last three days in the life of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), the imperial loyalist who tried to unite the Choshu and Satsuma clans and prepared the way for the Meiji Restoration (1868).