Dôtonborigawa (1982)
A love story between a 29 year old woman, who has once been a prostitute but is now the mistress of a wealthy jewelry merchant, and a 19 year old college student
House on Fire (1986)
In the 50s, the complicated life of a popular writer who must share his life with his family, his numerous mistresses and his work Adapted from autobiographical story by Kazuo Dan, who published it a few months before his death
The Sting of Death (1990)
Period drama set in the 1950s about a couple isolating themselves from the outside world as they attempt to salvage their faltering marriage, no matter what the costs, after the husband has an affair
Tora sans Love in Osaka (1981)
After the usual family fight, Tora leaves Shibamata and falls in love with a geisha from Osaka, who is struggling with her own problems Tora tries to help her
Otoko wa tsurai yo Torajiro no endan (1993)
After failing to find a job, Mitsuo becomes a fisherman on a small island, and develops a crush on a young nurse there Tora san, dispatched to bring Mitsuo back home, himself falls in love with an attractive but troubled woman vi