Cast: Yukiko Yachibana

Direction Yōjirō Takita

Cast Masahiro Motoki · Tsutomu Yamazaki · Ryoko Hirosue · Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Synopsis Departures (2008) follows Daigo Kobayashi, a talented cellist whose orchestra has recently disbanded, leaving him unemployed and uncertain about his future. Daigo and his wife relocate to his hometown, where he secures a unique position as a nokanshi, or "encoffiner."...

Direction Shôgorô Nishimura

Cast Junko Mabuki · Yuka Asagiri · Yutaka Hayashi · Ken Mizoguchi

Synopsis All Women Are Whores (1980) follows the harrowing journey of a compassionate nurse who is enticed into a sinister scheme. She finds herself restrained, silenced, and assaulted by a group of men wearing black masks. After being permitted to depart,...

Direction Yûji Makiguchi

Cast Terumi Azuma · Yukiko Yachibana · Yoshinobu Hirose · Akira Shioji

Direction Shusuke Kaneko

Cast Miyuki Katô · Yasuo Daichi · Kou Watanabe · Ryoichi Kusanagi

Direction Shôgorô Nishimura

Cast Naomi Tani · Junko Miyashita · Yuri Yamashina · Ren Seido

Synopsis Dan Oniroku nawa to hada (1979) follows the story of Okoma, a former woman gambler who had once been deeply involved in the yakuza underworld. After retiring from her criminal life two years prior, she returns to her old stomping...