Shizue Kawarazaki – MRQE

Gishiki

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Oshimas magisterial epic, centering on the ambivalent surviving heir of the Sakurada clan, uses ritual and the microcosm of the traditional family to trace the rise and fall of militaristic Japan across several decades.

Kôchiyama Sôshun

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A boy steals a knife from an old samurai, unaware of its value, setting off a strange chain of events.

Shinjû: Ten no amijima

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the strict social and moral codes of 18th-century Japan. But when he meets the lovely courtesan Koharu, he becomes a man obsessed. Koharu returns his love, even foregoing other customers while Jihei schemes to somehow buy her freedom. His efforts yield ruinous consequences for his business and his family life, and Koharu is meanwhile purchased by another client.

Ninjô kami fûsen

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In a slum in Edo Japan, a ronin hopes that his deceased father’s former master will hire him while a disgraced hairdresser attempts to regain his pride by kidnapping the daughter of a wealthy pawnbroker, who is set to be married.