Just before the live airing of a radio play, an actress decides to change the name of her character This cascades into a battle of egos by all involved that causes continual script changes while the play is on air
In this update of Yasujiro Ozus Tokyo Story, a retired schoolteacher and his wife visit their three working children in modern day Tokyo
A man, Chonin Mitake, dies crazy after long agony, and his dead body is cremated His widow Yoshi, investigating on the past of her husband, goes to the mansion where he had lived, a building Leftly nicknamed Satans
An old man dies of heartbreak when a cruel landlord is about to repossess his land Since the man died in debt, his wife and daughter are indentured servants and are forced to work in the landlords factory
Jiro Horikoshi studies assiduously to fulfill his aim of becoming an aeronautical engineer As WWII begins, fighter aircraft designed by him end up getting used by the Japanese Empire against its foes
A housewife living under her tyrannical husband has her life stressfully turned upside down after getting raped by a burglar
After an old man is attacked by a bear in the snowy mountains of northern Japan, he vows to hunt down the marauder
A rumbunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of travelling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows
A timid insurance agent investigates a possible insurance fraud case that involves a death As the facts are slowly revealed, he becomes progressively more frightened
A boy suddenly can see a ghost after an accident, that will reveal the secret of his life