At Shizumoto, a geisha shop not far from Ginza, a group of geisha are going about their day, putting up a modest resistance to the tragedies of life. The proprietress, Ikuyo, is a ridiculously good-natured woman who gives money to a poor but brilliant young man, Eisaku Yanoguchi, to attend college on the condition that he will take care of her in the future.

Shinsaku was once a renowned playwright, has now been left behind by journalism and is living a lethargic life in Oiso. His family is concerned with Shinsaku regaining his old vigor as a writer and Sakie, his daughter, finding a suitable match, while the family is struggling with the losses of war.

When a former artisan is tricked into putting his sister up as collateral for a loan by a gangster boss in a crooked gambling casino it sets in motion the story of Ooka Echizen, the famed magistrate of Edo during the reign of Shogun Tsuneyoshi. In a world where humans bow down to dogs and are beheaded for harming them, it's a wonder people can survive at all. Nakamura Kinnosuke is a former samurai who has left the fold to live freely and must put his life on the line to save the girl he loves, and rescue her from the yakuza who duped her brother. When the truth comes out about his background, he is forced to take on the role of Edo Magistrate, a decision that brings him unimaginable heartache and danger!

A made man during the height of Hiroshima's yakuza turf war must maneuver through the violence and betrayal inside the criminal underworld.

The East Asian Acrobatic circus enjoys popularity after welcoming the Asuka brothers, two prestigious trapeze acrobats. One day, one of the brothers gets injured and a substitute needs to be found. Rumors start to float around concerning the circus clown and his grandiose acrobat career which ended tragically. Will he be able to reconcile with his tumultuous past and get the show running?

昭和初年のある春。折からの大不況にあぶれた鉱夫、農夫、労働者上りの雑夫たちを乗せた蟹工船博光丸は、ベーリング海の漁場めざして函館港を後にした。連日吹きすさぶ嵐に船酔いし、不潔な生活から続出する病人たちに、蟹工船の浅こと監督の浅川を中心とする幹部らはむりやり作業を強制する。浅川の冷酷さはＳＯＳを打ちつづける僚船をも漁場に急ぐため無視し、カムサッカの漁場では突風警報をおかして川崎船を操業させ、多数の遭難者を出した。連日の酷使についに倒れた「学生上り」は偽病人としてボイラーに縛りあげられ、反抗した雑夫平太は撲殺された。低下の一途を辿る生産高にあせったた浅川は、拳銃で漁夫らの反抗をおさえ、ソ連領海への侵入を企てる。その上、過労で病死した青年の体を、すげなくつめたい海に沈めた無情さに、漸く怒り心頭に発した漁夫たちは、ついに就業を拒んだ。代表たちは監督に要求書をつきつけ、拳銃で威脅しようとする彼を、叩きのめした。が、翌朝、浅川らの連絡で駈けつけた駆逐艦「初風」から、武装した一隊の水兵が工船に乗りうつり、暴動代表者の拘引をはじめる。彼らを奪還しようと騒ぐ漁夫たちは、包囲した水兵らの銃弾に次々、のけぞり倒れた。

The film depicts how the work to build the Great Buddha overcame a number of obstacles as proponents and opponents clashed over the construction of the Buddha. This work is based on a play by Hideo Osada, which was performed by the Shin Kyodo Theater Company in 1940.

​A powerful priest uses his magical abilities to imprison the rain gods within a waterfall, causing a devastating drought. The imperial court sends a princess to his remote mountain retreat to seduce him and break his spiritual concentration.

Following a yearlong attendance upon his shogun in Edo, samurai Hikokuro makes a long-awaited return to his home and doting wife, Dane. Initially greeted by the effusive welcome of his family, spiteful whispers also reach his ear about an adulterous affair carried on, in his long absence, between his wife and a famous drummer. With Hikokuro’s honor imperiled by rumor, his family insists on a formal investigation into the veracity of the gossip. Through the combined testimony of many witnesses, a tale unwinds around the visits of a traveling musician hired to tutor the family heir, the spurned attentions of the man who started the rumor, and the ultimate truth behind the accusations. The conclusion of events prove as much an indictment of bushidō as it is of the reluctant parties involved. Adapted from a 1706 play by Chikamatsu Monzaemon and based on a true case.

位于东京低洼处的长屋区，是底下层穷苦手工业者的聚集之处，这里被称作“没有太阳的街道”。
大正末期，长屋的劳动人民多数为大同印刷厂工作，他们自身的权益和安全没有保障，饱受工厂、警察的欺压。三十几个人被工厂无理解聘，引发了工人们的强烈不满。在宮地（原保美 饰）等人的率领下，一场大规模罢工席卷而来。激进的领袖们焚烧了大川社长（泷泽修 饰）的住宅，却因内奸告密被相继逮捕。
在资本家和警方的弹压下，罢工运动陷入困境，工人之间也逐渐分化和离析……
本片根据排字工人德永直的同名小说改编。

Ginko, the daughter of a poor shoemaker Ginzo, a child was sold to a geisha. From a student she became a real geisha and made her debut under the name of “Peony”. Great anguish caused Ginko molestation host teahouse. In Ginko have a favorite person – doctor Kurisu, but she is forced to leave him and return home in Tokyo. But here, she had all the same poverty. Parents again sell Ginkgo, this time to the north. There she first landlord was going to marry her, but interferes with his mother, who has decided not to allow this marriage, shameful for the honor of the house. He eventually marries another girl. Caught in a quandary, Ginko returns to Tokyo and the third time it becomes a geisha. Hard work, constant bullying Ginko adjusted to the disease. Mistress of her first promises to break a contract in which she serves as Ginko, but when Ginko finally recovers, the owner easily abandons his promises and demands that Ginko continued to work on it.

An opportunistic department store clerk gets involved with three women and attempts to manipulate them so he can move up the social ladder.

1969 film by Masahiro Shinoda