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Haw 2022 Tamio Akanishi works at a public office in Yokohama He is going through one of the worst periods of his life, because his fiancee broke up with him One day, his boss tells him to take care of a big dog with white hair, which was

Bizan 2007 After her mother is suddenly hospitalized because she has terminal cancer Sakiko returns to her home town Tokushima at the foot of Mt Bizan The relationship between mother and daughter isnt good but still she nurses her mother at her sickbed She always thought her mother was a cold person

Ageman 1990 Her childhood was hardly ideal as she was abandoned and grew up without parental love She finds a home and a profession as a geisha who is particularly popular because she has that lucky bone in her that transmits fortune to her patrons She meets a bank manager one day and soon enough th

Supermarket Woman 1996 Goros supermarket is not doing well the rival Bargains Galore threatens his business A chance encounter with Hanako, an energetic woman he knew in grade school, results in big retail and life changes

Minbo 1992 A grand old Japanese hotel is trying to get a prestigious contract as the site of a summit meeting of important foreign officials Unfortunately, this hotel is quite popular with the Yakuza Japanese gangsters and is a favorite target of theirs for extortion They employ a variety of schemes

Sweet Home (1989) A TV production crew are making a documentary about the infamous painter Mamiya Ichiro. When they start filming at his old home, they come under attack from the ghost of the painter's wife.

A Taxing Woman (1987) Ryoko Itakura is a government tax agent who has just landed a big promotion. Her first assignment is to catch wheeler-dealer Hideki Gondo. She has a tough job, since in Japan tax evasion is an art and Gondo is, in effect, Rembrandt. Her job is complicated by a growing sympathy

Tampopo (1985) In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro, who rides into town like a modern Shane to help Tampopo set up the perfect noodle soup restaurant. Woven into this main story are a number of smaller stories about the importance of food, ranging from a

The Funeral (1984) At the beginning of the film the father-in-law of the protagonist dies unexpectedly of a heart attack. The remainder of the film is episodic, moving from one incident to another over the course of the three-day funeral, which is held (as is customary) in the home. These incidents

Melodrama about the life of a mentally handicapped young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to Australia on a business trip