Ken Mitsuda

An innocuous comment during a weapon inspection wounds the pride of low-ranking samurai Shinpachi, leading to an argument with his superior. The ...

Part 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and Kohei, marrying upward, and being blackmailed by the ...

Three short tales from stories by Ichiyo Higuchi. In one, a young woman is degraded by her family after an arranged marriage. Another deals with ...

On his release from prison a young yakuza, along with his brother, decides to turn his back on criminal life instead of taking over the position ...

Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan („Fumiko’s Five Benefactors“ by Hiromichi ...

The four principals in a love affair collide when jealousy, blackmail and suicide enter the picture.

In medieval Japan, a woman and his children journey to find the family’s patriarch, who was exiled years before.

Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is ...