Jun Hamamura

Ever since an accident in the mountains outside town, Takuji’s slept in a coma; his neighbors care for him as new events occur every day.

A mountain man beheads his many wives to prove his love to an alluring woman he meets in an enchanted forest.

An outlaw pushes the residents of Edo’s red light district to rebel against a growing number of stifling, moralistic laws.

Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to “Taichi”. Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes ...

While performing in a touring kabuki troupe, leading female impersonator Yukinojo comes across the three men who drove his parents to suicide ...

The days leading up to a toddler’s second birthday are seen alternately from the child’s point of view as well as that of his parents.

Ushimatsu’s father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting ...

Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this standard drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the ...