2003 film by Vadim Perelman

The great Arthur Miller confronts the American dream in this dark and passionate tale. In Brooklyn, longshoreman Eddie Carbone welcomes his Sicilian cousins to the land of freedom. But when one of them falls for his beautiful niece, they discover that freedom comes at a price. Eddie’s jealous mistrust exposes a deep, unspeakable secret – one that drives him to commit the ultimate betrayal. The visionary Ivo van Hove directs this stunning production of Miller’s tragic masterpiece.

人到中年的东京某出版社社长游佐事业成功，但对常年生病的妻子以冷暴力相对。他出差京都时常去一家老字号料理店，风韵犹存的老板娘菊乃与丈夫分居多年，两人渐渐发展出婚外恋情。然而以年轻女性的魅力难以抗拒为借口，游佐竟与菊乃的女儿成了地下情人，终致悲剧发生，无法挽回。 作者对彷徨于欲望与理智之间的男性心理，对深陷恋爱痛苦的女性心理，都有细致的分析。是一本能让女人了解男人心里爱情真相的小说。

一九九八年芥川獎得主藤澤周最新作品《AV女優的命運》，再度以其疏離又充滿生命意象的文學之筆寫宿命女子。 小說的男主角是一位成人錄影帶星探，常到繁華大街上與年輕漂亮女子搭訕，伺機說服對方演出後，從中抽取佣金。某日星探的大哥大響起，陌生女子冷不妨索取鉅額演出費，故事的發展一步步朝向命定的方向走去……。

A sensuous and ethereal story of two young women falling in love for the first time. Young, beautiful Àsia lies in a coma, her mother and boyfriend keeping constant vigil by her side. In flashback we see what led up to her accident, her life studying architecture at university, the somewhat overbearing relationship she has with her mother and her passionless relationship with Nathaniel.

1954 film by Kenji Mizoguchi