Young widow Ine is suffering under the harsh treatment of her mother in law. As a former Geisha, Ine had struggled to be accepted into the well-established Rokujo family from the beginning. With the support of Jiro, a young man Ine's late husband had saved from homelessness as a young boy, Ine tries to keep the family's heritage of silk processing alive. Their close relationship soon causes gossip among the villagers and threaten Ine's position in the family even further ...
高峰秀子
Ine
フランキー堺
Jiro
大空眞弓
Noriko
杉村春子
Ine's Mother
神山繁
毛利菊枝
小林桂樹
石山健二郎
出雲八重子
Young widow Ine is suffering under the harsh treatment of her mother in law. As a former Geisha, Ine had struggled to be accepted into the well-established Rokujo family from the beginning. With the support of Jiro, a young man Ine's late husband had saved from homelessness as a young boy, Ine tries to keep the family's heritage of silk processing alive. Their close relationship soon causes gossip among the villagers and threaten Ine's position in the family even further ...
Depicts the life of a family in a remote Japanese timber village. Family head Tahara Kozo lives with his mother Sachiko, wife Yasuyo, nephew Eisuke and young daughter Michiru. Economic recession and failed development plans cause tragedy in the family.
Kiyoha rises from the lowly courtesan ranks to the high class position of Oiran in the steamy red-light district of Yoshiwara. She is determined to stand on her own two feet and live life as she pleased.
A spell of time in the life of the five-piece Haruno family in rural Tochigi Prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.
A geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto feels obliged to help her lover when he asks to stay with her after going bankrupt and leaving his wife. However, her younger sister opposes this, thinking that they should both find wealthy patrons to support them.
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A hard-hearted old woman in a bombed-out Tokyo neighborhood reluctantly takes in an abandoned boy, leading to a heartwarming bond between them.
Tells the story of the samurai Gengobe, who seeks revenge after falling prey to the schemes of a geisha and her husband.
Fleeing a distressing family situation, Eiko, a very young girl, becomes an apprentice to Miyoharu, a veteran geisha. Both, determined to preserve their professional integrity, must face the selfishness and ambition of several petty people.
Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the magistrate's guard, Sakura and Kikyo. The three outlaws find themselves in a battle to the death.
เรื่องราวของ โอซามุ นอกจากทำงานรับจ้างรายวัน เขายังลักเล็กขโมยน้อยเป็นอาชีพเสริมด้วย โดยมีลูกชาย โชตะ เป็นผู้ช่วย วันหนึ่ง ขณะทั้งคู่กลับจากการขโมยของ โอซามุ ได้เจอกับ ยูริ เด็กหญิงตัวน้อยอยู่ตัวคนเดียว เขาจึงตัดสินใจพาเธอกลับมาบ้านด้วย แม้ว่า โนบุโยะ ภรรยาของเขาจะไม่พอใจที่เขาพาเด็กที่ไหนมารู้มาอยู่อาศัยด้วย ถึงอย่างนั้นตัวเธอและรวมถึงสมาชิกคนอื่นๆ ในครอบครัวอย่าง อากิ น้องสาวของยูริ และคุณยาย ฮัตสุเอะ ก็ดูแลเด็กหญิงคนนี้เป็นอย่างดี ถึงแม้พวกเขาจะเป็นครอบครัวเล็กๆ จนๆ แต่พวกเขาก็เป็นครอบครัวที่มีความสุข ทว่าในช่วงเวลาที่ทุกอย่างกำลังไปได้สวย ความลับบางอย่างก็เปิดเผยออกมาทำให้ทั้งครอบครัวต้องสั่นคลอน