Floating Weeds 1959 ( 7.5)

When a theater troupe's master visits his old flame, he unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences.

The Lower Depths 1957 ( 7.063)

Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent. When amoral thief Sutekichi breaks off his affair with landlady Osugi to romance her younger sister, Okayo, Osugi extracts her revenge by revealing her infidelity to her jealous husband.

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs 1960 ( 8)

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.

A Man of the Arts 1941

Based on Matsutaro Kawaguchi's novel "Geido Ichidai Otoko." Considered a lost film.

Shirai Gonpachi 1956

The film adaptation of the famous tragic love story of the young samurai Shirai Gonpachi and the beautiful courtesan Komurasaki.

Sonezaki Shinjū 2006

The play is based on a real event that happened in Osaka in 1703. It tells the story of a forbidden love between a clerk Tokubei and a famous courtesan Ohatsu which ended in their suicide.

The Grebel's Floating Nests 1900

Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion 1958

During the 1200's, legendary Buddhist monk Nichiren returns from his studies to lead Japan out of moral crisis and prepare to fight Mongol invaders by creating a new form of Buddhism. He runs afoul of the existing Buddhist sects and their government supporters and is persecuted. Can Nichiren persevere before the Mongol fleet reaches Japanese shores?

Song of Happiness 1964

Japanese comedy directed by Noriaki Yuasa.

Sonezaki Shinjū 2006

The play is based on a real event that happened in Osaka in 1703. It tells the story of a forbidden love between a clerk Tokubei and a famous courtesan Ohatsu which ended in their suicide.