The Twilight Samurai (2002)
As the feudal Japan era draws to a close, a widower samurai experiences difficulty balancing clan loyalties, 2 young daughters, an aged mother, and the sudden reappearance of his childhood sweetheart
Pale Moon (2014)
A mellow drama following the moral decline of a housewife turned bank employee who embezzles a fortune from her customers and indulges in an affair with a younger man Set in 1994, shortly after the burst of Japans economic bubble
Hana (2006)
A troubled young samurai seeks revenge for the death of his father
Tony Takitani (2004)
When technical illustrator Tony Takitani asks his wife to resist her all consuming obsession for designer clothes, the consequences are tragic
The Face of Jizo (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 Mitsue Rie Miyama He had somehow learned
Go hime (1992)
Chronicles the trials and tribulations of Oribe, the successor to tea master Rikyu, Usu, his gardener, and Princess Goh, who attempt to balance artistic expression and duty amid political intrigue in feudal Japan