Barefoot Gen Trailer (1976)

Barefoot Gen 2 Trailer (1986)

14 June 1986

Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life.

August Without Emperor Trailer (1978)

23 September 1978

Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day.

Barefoot Gen Trailer (1983)

21 July 1983

A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.

Gate of Flesh Trailer (1988)

09 April 1988

Prostitutes in burnt out Tokyo ghetto of post-WWII Japan peddle their flesh and save one-third of their money for a proposed dancehall to be named Paradise.

Kabei: Our Mother Trailer (2008)

26 January 2008

Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist.

The Face of Jizo Trailer (2004)

31 July 2004

Based on a play by Hisashi Inoue, it focuses on the sufferings of the survivors of Hiroshima. The film takes place during 4 days in the summer of 1948, as the ghost of her father visits Mitsué (Rié Miyama).

Villon's Wife Trailer (2009)

10 October 2009

This enticing period melodrama depicts a long-suffering woman's relationship with her brilliant but self-destructive writer husband in postwar Tokyo.

Gate of Flesh Trailer (1964)

31 May 1964

In the shady black markets and bombed-out hovels of post–World War II Tokyo, a tough band of prostitutes eke out a dog-eat-dog existence, maintaining tenuous friendships and a semblance of order in a world of chaos.

Gate of Flesh Trailer (1977)

24 December 1977

The background is Yuraku-cho in Tokyo and the film shows how desperately the women, who had led sheltered lives before the war, struggled to keep alive and the innate strength of post-war women.

Rodič Trailer (1976)

17 April 1976

In the Realm of the Senses Trailer (1976)

15 September 1976

A passionate telling of the story of Sada Abe, a woman whose affair with her master led to an obsessive and ultimately destructive sexual relationship.