The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel beatings.

梢葉子は、私淑している作家稲村に原稿を読んでもらうために北海道から上京した。葉子は二十三歳、魅力ある女である。女学生の頃、従足の秋本と恋愛事件を起こし、無理矢理大地主の松川と結婚させられたが飛びだしてきたのだった。葉子は稲村の紹介で出版社有文堂の一色と面識を持った。二人は間もなく恋愛関係をもつようになった。葉子の小説が本になった頃、彼女は青年画家山路を知った。一方、稲村は突然妻を亡くし、一色と別れた葉子との仲は急速に進んでいった。稲村は子供たちの勧めるように結婚にふみ切れなかったが、葉子の若い肉体に溺れていった。しかし上京した秋本が葉子のあとをつけまわすようになると、稲村は葉子を独占できない苛立たしさを感じるようになった。葉子は秋本から今でも生活費の援助を受けていたのだ。気まずくなった葉子は、ある夜、口論のあげく稲村の家を飛びだし、山路の許に走った。葉子に去られ、今さらのごとく自分の生活の中の空洞を見出した稲村は、葉子を探し廻り、家に連れ戻した。葉子には、稲村を利用し、いい小説を書こうという野心があり、稲村と生活していたが、次第に自分が逆に稲村のいけにえになっているのを感じた。ある日、葉子は婦人雑誌記者三谷の前で自分を罵倒した稲村と口論し、再び家を飛びだした。彼女は山路のアトリエを訪れ、結婚してほしいと迫った。葉子をモデルに裸婦像を描いたことのある山路はそれを拒絶した。葉子は雪がちらつき始めた街の中にあてもなくさまよいでていった。それは男を利用しようとしながら結局、男に利用された女の姿だった。

過去何百人もの命を奪った「鯨神」と呼ばれる巨大鯨。祖父、父、兄を殺された九州和田浦のシャキは自らの手で鯨神を倒さんとする。そこに紀州男も名乗りを挙げた。男たちは鯨神と猛烈な死闘を繰り広げるが…。神殺しをめぐる村民たちの異様な雰囲気と、本郷・勝のエネルギッシュな演技に目を見張る、田中監督お気に入りの一本。

Set in a Kyoto geisha house during the post-WWII era, the young Omocha begins her rigorous apprenticeship within the traditional community of geiko and maiko. She must navigate complex internal rivalries and a strict social hierarchy while the house struggles to maintain its customs. As modern society shifts around them, the residents face the increasing pressure of Japan's changing cultural identity.

The entangled relations between the son of a seductive tea-ceremony teacher and the women in his father's life. Based on the novel by Kawabata Yasunari.

Zatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village terrorized by a violent yakuza boss.

Toward the end of World War II, middle-aged soldier Keita is entrusted with a postcard from a comrade who is sure he will die in battle. After the war ends, Keita visits his comrade's wife Yuko and bears witness to the tragic life she has led.

The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist board.

Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his kin, he intends to chronicle the family he grew up in.

世界のトップ企業“トヨタ自動車”誕生の真実を描いた壮大なドラマ！ クルマ造りに生涯を捧げた男のロマン！歴史の流れを変えたモノづくりの真髄がここにある!! 国産自動車を、殆ど無に近い状態から生み出した男・豊田喜一郎の不屈の情熱！ 彼を支えた人々と家族の愛を描く感動の人間ドラマ、創業家たちの熱き物語が待望！

In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts the life and career of his friend and mentor Mizoguchi.

1978 film by Yoshitarō Nomura

Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually, becomes involved with the radical Kita Ikki group.

After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to pass into the hands of a creditor, the family holds one last ball before leaving.

After over 50 years of wandering up and down Japan, finally in the 1970s, the rough-hewn blind shamisen player and folk-song collector named Takahashi Chikuzan became a musical sensation. This biographical drama chronicles his wanderings and his life, with a particular focus on his humble beginnings as a peasant on a remote and arid island.

1965 film by Yasuzō Masumura

The story opens with Yukiko and her business partner in Moscow searching for Russian items for their store in Tokyo. There they meet a Russian translator, Nicholai, played by Sergei Nakariakov - a trumpeter from Russia. Some months later after they have returned, Nicholai and Yukiko meet again while he is auditioning for the Tokyo orchestra where seeds of romance begin. Yukiko's father, however, is diagnosed with a terminal case of cancer. Yukiko returns home to be with him in his final months as he decides not to go through therapy and let the disease run its course. Coming into contact with a childhood friend while at home Yukiko is left to choose between her old friend and Nicholai, all while having to face the emotional struggle of dealing with her father's impending death.

The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.

A woman takes revenge on her husband after he leaves her for a younger woman by harassing the couple with unwanted phone calls at night.

Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath.