The Woman Who Touched the Legs

4.0

Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act. Instead, he listens to the story about her parents who killed himself and died for overwork to feel…

Masked Woman

A Woman in the Typhoon Area

6.0

Four smugglers, a woman and 3 men, land on an island whose only inhabitants are the operators of a meteorological station. The criminals hold the men hostage as a typhoon approaches. (Source: MUBI)

An Innocent Witch

Ayako, a young woman from a rural fishing village, is sold by her family into a brothel when her father takes ill. There, she is quickly stripped of her innocence and illusions. (Source: Letterboxd) ~~ Adapted from…

Naniwa Kinyudo 2

~~ Adapted from the manga series “Naniwa Kinyuudou” (ナニワ金融道) by Aoki Yuuji (青木雄二).

Ueno Juri to Itsutsu no Kaban

6.5

The series features Ueno taking on five roles in five episodes. As the title suggests, each episode involves a bag of some kind, such as a guitar case or a mysterious delivery package. 1. Guitar Case no Onna (Guitar…

Utamaro and His Five Women

7.1

Kitagawa Utamaro was a well-known painter in Edo and this film is his fictionalized story.

The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine

6.6

The story takes place in the outskirts of Tokyo in the aftermath of the Great Kanto Earthquake. Overflowing with orphans and refugees from the disaster, the district gets a visit from the female sumo group Tamaiwa…

Woman in the Dunes

7.6

An amateur entomologist searching for insects by the sea is trapped by local villagers into living with a mysterious woman who spends almost all her time preventing her home from being swallowed up by advancing sand…

Woman Who Eats

7.2

Mochizuki Tonko is the owner of a secondhand bookstore "Mochi no Ie" and also an essayist. Although she tries to live at her own pace, she surrounded by many women who are troubled by their love life and work. Through…

Kunikida Kappa

Kunikida Kappa is a Japanese actor.

Masuko Shizue

Shizue Masuko is an actress, known for Misesu Shinderera (1997), Chûshingura no Koi: 48-ninme no Chûshin (2016) and Aruhi Ahiru Bus (2015).

Shibata Misaki

Mariya Tomoko

Mariya Tomoko is a Japanese actress, singer, writer, and Musashino Art University lecturer from Minato-ku, Tokyo. She graduated from Takarazuka Music School in 1980, scoring the highest points in her graduation exam. She joined the Takarazuka Revue as a 66th gen member. In 1989, she won the 39th Minister…

Tanigawa Miyuki

Tanigawa Miyuki is a Japanese actress.

Nakajima Takehiro

Nakajima Takehiro is a screenwriter, novelist, and film director from Kyoto, Japan.

Okada Kana

Yoshimura Mari

Yoshimura Mari is a Japanese actress.

Yamamoto Sen

Iwasaki Kaneko

Iwasaki Kaneko is a Japanese actress born in Hakodate, Hokkaido. She graduated from Tachibana Girls' High School in Kugahara, Ota. In 1949, she enrolled at the Haiyuza Training Institute and joined the Haiyuza Theatre Company after graduating in 1952. Currently, she serves as the representative of the…