The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The film tells about the difficult relationship between the...

In the forties in Japan, a group of brilliantly qualified university students are selected to break all ties with their previous lives and form the...

Sachiko's beloved sister Nobuko was supposed to go to Tohoku when she suddenly dies in a car accident in Hamamatsu. Sachiko begins to trace her...

1962 Japanese movie

A Japanese war widow recalls her love affair with her deceased husband.

One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.

A young offender who is already guilty of many crimes is sentenced again for rape. Upon his release from prison, a year later, the victim waits to...