Etsuko Ichihara

After being deserted by her parents, 11-year old Miyori shuts her heart from the rest of the world and denies any form of human relationships. ...

Shigematsu Shizuma lives with his senile mother, his wife Shigeko, and his niece Yasuko in a village near Fukuyama. He, his wife, his niece and ...

Monjiro, reunited with his long lost sister, is pursued by a yakuza gang because he killed their boss. He also meets a fellow gambler who ...

Can a sinful man change and find peace? It’s unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and hired sword), goes ...

A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.

The clerk of a trading company happens to have a large sum of money from his company in his possession. His girlfriend pressures him into fleeing ...

A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.

White-collar worker Yamashita finds out that his wife has a lover visiting her when he’s away, suddenly returns home and kills her. After ...

Sentaro runs a small bakery that serves dorayaki pastries filled with sweet red bean paste (“an”). When an old lady, Tokue, offers to help in the ...

High schoolers Mitsuha and Taki are complete strangers living separate lives. But one night, they suddenly switch places. Mitsuha wakes up in ...