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- DirectorHiroshi TeshigaharaStarsEiji OkadaKyôko KishidaKôji MitsuiAn entomologist on vacation is trapped by local villagers into living with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.
- DirectorKon IchikawaStarsRaizô IchikawaShiho FujimuraHiroyuki NagatoA young man struggles to come to terms with his true identity in a remote caste-based village in early 20th century Japan.
- DirectorTonkô HorikawaStarsSayuri YoshinagaYûki AmamiTôru KazamaBased on the ancient Japanese Tale of Genji. This film is set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story begins from the death of her husband, a Japanese noble, then moves on to her recruitment to train the Prince's young 'wives in waiting'. It is dotted throughout and actually composed mainly of one of the fictional stories she wrote, the tale of Genji. Genji is a rich playboy who falls in love and has a son to his stepmother. He falls in love often and has many wives whom are all completely subservient to him. Genji is played by a woman actress from the all-female Takarazuka theatre. The two interrelating stories are also interrupted occasionally by fantasimical musical clips from a past Japanese teen-idol, Seiko Matsuda.
- DirectorYasuzô MasumuraStarsAyako WakaoKyôko KishidaEiji FunakoshiA childless housewife falls in love with a beautiful model.
- DirectorAnn HuiStarsAndy LauCherie ChungJun'ichi IshidaBen, a Chinese student in Japan, falls for Meng and agrees to help her deliver a tape containing information that could start a war between the yakuza families.
- DirectorHiroshi TeshigaharaStarsTatsuya NakadaiMikijirô HiraKyôko KishidaA businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality.
- DirectorKon IchikawaStarsFujiko YamamotoMariko MiyagiTamao NakamuraA man has a wife and nine girlfriends, all ten of whom are fed up with his shameless polygamy and plot to kill him. However, this is easier said than done.
- DirectorGô RijûStarsMasatoshi NagaseRie TomosakaShin'ya Tsukamoto
- DirectorKon IchikawaStarsSayuri YoshinagaHideki NodaTakuzô KawataniBased on the folk tales "Repayment from a crane". One snowy night a beautiful woman named Tsuru (Crane) visits poor peasant Taiju sand says she will become his wife...
- DirectorKon IchikawaStarsKeiko KishiHiroshi KawaguchiKinuyo TanakaSet in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this standard drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between a sister and brother.
- DirectorSatsuo YamamotoStarsRaizô IchikawaShiho FujimuraYûnosuke ItôA young ninja becomes embroiled in a plot to kill a tyrannical warlord. He journeys across feudal Japan, facing deceit, betrayal, and enemy ninja at every turn. Goemon must complete his mission, regain his honor, and survive.
- DirectorKon IchikawaStarsKôji YakushoYûko AsanoTsurutarô KataokaA new magistrate cleans up a corrupt town in his own comic samurai way.