Shima Iwashita

When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children, Kikuyo leaves the ...

In this Japanese drama, a dry goods merchant’s daughter is surprised to discover that she has a twin sister. In rural Japan it was thought ...

Kasuga’s husband gets arrested for a murder of his beloved protégé. She and her family investigate and find out he was trapped by greedy Nagoshi, ...

The wife of a yakuza lieutenant tries to keep the peace when the clan’s heir suddenly dies and a succession conflict threatens to break out.

While her husband is in prison doing time, Tamaki, the wife of a yakuza capo, runs her spouse’s gang with an iron hand. Meanwhile, Makoto, her ...

When a married man begins an affair with a woman from his past, he comes to suspect her young son intends to murder him.

Kumokiri Nizaemon, a former samurai warrior, has abandoned his class to become the leader of a gang of thieves. He leads his outlaws in an ...

Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous ...

After the 1995 Kobe earthquake, a writer remembers travelling with his family to bury his brother after World War II.

The myth of the Sun Goddess who founded Japanese society is seen through the lens of a modern view of history.

Follows a young med student’s relationships with two women: a dangerous affair with a childhood friend and his mother’s struggle to ...

Impersonating an Imperial Army officer by wearing a „red lion’s mane“, a poor servant returns to his village after 10 years of ...