Isuzu Yamada

The Shop Curtain

Based on the novel by Toyoko Yamazaki.…

A Boy and Three Mothers

Down Town

A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a k…

The Horse Boy

A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the c…

A Matter of Valour

Chushingura has been made into a movie several times before, but this time it will be presented in a…

The Shadow Daughter

Fusako, a girl raised in a geisha house, tries to escape her dark past and faces repeated heartbreak…

Black River

A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The land…

The Lower Depths

Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an ag…

Throne of Blood

Returning to their lord's castle, samurai warriors Washizu and Miki are waylaid by a spirit who pred…