Oshima’s magisterial epic, centering on the ambivalent surviving heir of the Sakurada clan, uses rit…
Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the str…
Kabuki adaptation: A princess, a figure from the literary past who anticipates a modern woman, tempt…
Describes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppress…
Historical fiction about the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 1945, …
A period film about a peasant revolt in the region near Mount Fuji, occasioned by high officials' de…
About the struggles of day labourers to achieve dignity and a standard of living above the starvatio…
A jidaigeki film on Banzuiin Chōbei produced in 1940 and directed by Yasuki Chiba.…
Story of a bandit king.…