Cast: Tamotsu Tamura

Direction Hiroshi Teshigahara

Cast Eiji Okada · Kyôko Kishida · Hiroko Ito · Hideo Kanze

Synopsis An entomologist looking for insects in the desert accepts locals' offer to stay with a widow whose house is at the bottom of a sandpit, accessible only by a rope ladder. But overnight, the ladder disappears and there's no way...

Direction Masaki Kobayashi

Cast Tatsuya Nakadai · Michiyo Aratama · Kei Sato · Minoru Chiaki

Synopsis Second World War. Forced to join the japanese army, Kaji is sent to Manchuria. There, he becomes friends with a soldier who sympathizes with communism. After a visit from his wife, Kaji is sent to the battlefield, from which many...

Direction Toshio Matsumoto

Cast Katsuo Nakamura · Yasuko Sanjo · Juro Kara · Masao Imafuku

Synopsis A stark, desperate tale of vengeance, Shura examines the plight of Gengobe (a Ronin), and his quest to right the wrongs done unto him. This is basically the whole plot in a nutshell, but this isn't any kind of action...

Direction Kazuo Ikehiro

Cast Hajime Araki · Kai Ato · Takamori Gen · Yoshio Harada

Synopsis In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter, has not yet fully revenged the death of his wife and son. He searches for Kunisada Chuji, who in turn has...

Direction Kôzaburô Yoshimura

Cast Rika Aoki · Jiro Kawarazaki · Taiji Tonoyama · Kotoe Hatsui

Direction Miyoji Ieki

Cast Kumiko Jô · Yoshi Kato · Hiroko Kawasaki · Tanie Kitabayashi

Direction Keisuke Kinoshita

Cast Katsuo Nakamura · Sadako Sawamura · Noriko Arita · Akira Ishihama

Synopsis A young man ignores his mother's pleas and becomes drawn to a life of crime.