Chieko Naniwa

The End of Summer
7.7

The End of Summer

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 ...
Girls of the Night
7.3

Girls of the Night

In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Japan’s new rehabilitation centers ...
Equinox Flower
7.8

Equinox Flower

Wataru’s outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares her love for a coworker and is adamant to live ...
The Capital of Love
N/A

The Capital of Love

Aiko, a bar hostess, falls for the son of a company president who also keeps a mistress, and whose family disapproves of his relationship with ...
Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi
N/A

Otōsan wa Ohitoyoshi

A frenzy of goodwill, tears, laughter, and a lot of fun, caused by thirteen children under the guise of a good-natured fruit vendor and his wife.
Chikamatsu Monogatari
8.0

Chikamatsu Monogatari

When the wife of a 17th-century Kyoto scrollmaker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find ...
The Woman in the Rumor
7.4

The Woman in the Rumor

After living a traumatic experience in Tokyo, Yukiko returns to Kyoto, where Hatsuko, her mother, runs a brothel, which upsets Yukiko very much.
Sansho the Bailiff
8.4

Sansho the Bailiff

In 11th-century feudal Japan, following the exile of an idealistic governor, his wife and children are separated by slave traders; the children, ...
お役者変化

お役者変化

During the Genroku era, Azusa Gennosuke, renowned in Nara as a top swordsman and a scholar, crossed swords with the Magistrate Kurobane Yatayu, ...