A geisha widow in Kyoto, Japan, faces a series of challenges and hardships in her life, including competition with her daughter for the love of the same man, dealing with poverty and money problems, and battling cancer. The movie explores themes of tradition versus modernity, love, and female empowerment.
Patriotism is a short drama film that tells the story of a lieutenant and his wife who make a pact to commit suicide rather than be separated during a coup d'état. The film explores themes of honor, sacrifice, and patriotism.
The patriarch of a bickering family announces his retirement, stirring competition about who will succeed him as a leading practitioner of Noh theater, his granddaughter or grandson.
A sex-documentary focusing on the women of Japan, with particular emphasis on participants in the country's night-life. The film is a series of scenes visiting a variety of women such as female wrestlers, strippers, and geisha. Nuns and sea divers are also shown, along with scenes of transvestism and drug addiction.
Explores the tension between a Japanese theatrical mask-maker and the mask itself.
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