A Story Written with Water

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

Keeping to himself in the wake his father's death, James Charm finds refuge in solitary walks and creating morbid sketches — until a...

A history professor and his wife entertain a young couple who are new to the university's faculty. As the drinks flow, secrets come to light, and the...

Blind traveler Zatoichi is a master swordsman and a masseur with a fondness for gambling on dice games. When he arrives in a village torn apart by...

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding...

Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder...

A woman and her son must leave a small South Carolina town because of her wild behavior.

With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant...

In the early days of Nazi Germany, a powerful noble family must adjust to life under the new dictatorship regime.

Two men who do not know each other: Ertan, a 35-year-old ex-convict who is trying to make amends for his past actions, and Mikail, a teenager drug...

A minor train accident in rural Nebraska gradually unveils a mystery involving the town's reclusive bank clerk.