While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever...

Shubei Hirayama és un vidu que viu amb la seva filla de 24 anys, Michiko. Se sent vell i acabat, però arriba a la conclusió que...

Un matrimoni ja gran decideix visitar els fills a Tòquio i comprova amb tristesa que només són una càrrega per a ells. El...

Els germans Minoru i Isamu Hayashi són dos adolescents que viuen amb els seus pares i la seva tia en un barri dels afores de Tòquio en...

Lliurement inspirada en un episodi que marca la fi de la carrera del filòsof Friedrich Nietzsche. El 3 de gener de 1889, a la plaça...

Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a musician and is...

A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.

The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old...

A professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokio, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Despite being a minor, Setsuko is a...