His ideals challenged by life as a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist faces ever greater tests in his fight for survival.
A Japanese pacifist, unable to face the dire consequences of conscientious objection, is transformed by his attempts to compromise with the demands of war-time Japan.
As a conscript in war-time Japan's military, a pacifist struggles to maintain his determination to keep his ideals.
In the War's closing days, when a conscience-driven Japanese soldier fails to get his countrymen to surrender to overwhelming force, he adopts the lifestyle of a Buddhist monk.
Women exploited by men and capitalism. In "The Goddess", Ryan, a prostitute, uses her earnings to support and educate her son. The movie captures the misery and hopelessness of China at the time. Ruan is the symbol of China's suffering.
Women who sacrifice themselves for men.
In "the Downfall of Osen", Isuzu Yamada was sold to a brothel as a young girl and now works for a cruel and shady antiques dealer as a come-on in a deal. He is trying to swindle some monks, who need to rebuild their temple, out of some valuable statues. She has taken under her wing the very humble Daijirô Natsukawa, a would-be medical student. She wants him to be a great man and turns in her employers and pays for the boy's tuition.... but where is she to get money to let him complete his studies?
In "the Downfall of Osen", Isuzu Yamada was sold to a brothel as a young girl and now works for a cruel and shady antiques dealer as a come-on in a deal. He is trying to swindle some monks, who need to rebuild their temple, out of some valuable statues. She has taken under her wing the very humble Daijirô Natsukawa, a would-be medical student. She wants him to be a great man and turns in her employers and pays for the boy's tuition.... but where is she to get money to let him complete his studies?
Women who sacrifice themselves for love. In "The water magician", aki (Takako Irie) is a famous water juggling performer in a travelling carnival. After falling in love with carriage driver Kinya (Tokihiko Okada), she vows to make sure he always has enough money to make his way through law school. Putting his needs first, Taki makes great sacrifices to ensure there is always money for him in every letter she sends, even if it means that she has to go without. When the money begins to run out, Taki is forced to take desperate measures to help Kinya live his dream.
Maids who fall in love with the heirs of Family's Business who will not have a reciprocated love, care and attention. Women who risk everything for love.
Movies about Independent women. In "Flame of my Love", a woman struggles for equality in Japan in the 1880s. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls in love with its leader Kentaro Omoi
Both movies are show the courtroom and trial of women accused of killing a family member. In "Women's victory" Kinuyo Tanaka is a lawyer defending a woman who killed her baby in a moment of madness and despair. The prosecutor says that laws are laws and must be interpreted as such; Tanaka argues that laws have to be contextualized in the broader scope of society and she places blame for the murder on the failure of the Japanese government to look after the sick and injured (the accused's husband worked in a munitions factory during the war, was injured, and the family was driven into bankruptcy because he didn't get proper compensation).
A historical film about King Sejong who risked everything of his to invent the Hunminjungeum (Korean Script) for his people and the people who weren't recorded in history.
The story follows a brain surgeon named, Minakata Jin, who has spent the last two years in anguish, as his fiancee lies in a vegetative state after an operation he performed. One day, he faints at the hospital and awakens to find himself transported back in time to the Edo period. He is soon attacked by a samurai, but he escapes with the help of a man named Kyotaro. Kyotaro suffers a serious injury to the head while trying to protect him, but Jin manages to save his life despite a lack of proper medical equipment. Because of that, Kyotaro's sister Saki begins taking an interest in Jin and becomes his assistant. Meanwhile, Jin is determined to find a way back to the present.
