The Life of Oharu

When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves falling for one another.

Červenec 1945. Japonská armáda je na ústupu. Četa v Barmě se snaží udržet si svého ducha. Inspirace přichází od jejich spolubojovníka Mizušimy, hráče samouka, který jim hraje na loutnu. Na konci války, když čekají na návrat do vlasti v zaja…

The lives of five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.

A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.

Bratr a sestra se nastěhují do starého, dlouhá léta opuštěného domu na pobřeží Cornwellu, aby brzy zjistili, že v něm straší duch matky sousedovy vnučky, do níž se bratr zamiloval.

Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo provide his models. A world of passion swirls around him, as the women in his life vie for lovers. And, occasionally, his art gets him into tro…

Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society. A superstar actress travels to a mountain resort, only to evoke jealousy from women and lust from men. A woman offers to take an injured man to the hospital. A widowed f…

Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks to stay with her after becoming bankrupt and leaving his wife. However her younger sister Omocha tells her she is wasting her time and m…

Mataemon Araki, a renowned swordsman, helps a young man find vengeance.

Saheji, a man-about-town, gets stuck at a high-class brothel when he can’t pay the bill. He makes the best of his situation by performing various tasks amidst the tumult of the end of the shogunate—but always by making sure to get a “commis…

In early post-war Osaka, three women, war widow Fusako, her sister Natsuko, an expatriate from Korea, and Kumiko, Fusako's sister-in-law, descend into prostitution, all for their individual reasons.

A story about the life of a young girl living with her mother in the slums of Manila, which becomes unbearable when her mother's young boyfriend moves in with them.

Set in the early 1920s after the end of the Russian Civil War, Red Army soldier Nikita returns to his hometown to see his partner Lyuba, both of whom are scarred by the trauma of the Russian Empire of yesteryear.

During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles, whom he interviews for a book. Sarah is married, but she and Maurice eventually give in to their mutual attraction, lead…

Shortly after being demobilized, Georges Duroy becomes aware of his power over women in the arms of Rachel, a young singer. Thanks to his good looks and his charming manners and his unabashed cynicism he will rapidly rise to the top by cour…

Apu je nezaměstnaný bývalý student, který mlhavě sní o spisovatelské budoucnosti. Starý kamarád ze studií ho přemluví k návštěvě vesnické svatby. Uchováno ve Filmovém archivu Akademie v roce 1996.

In January 1987, a 22-year-old college student dies during a police interrogation. Under the orders of Director Park, the police request the body to be cremated in order to destroy evidence. Public Prosecutor Choi, who was on duty on the da…

Příběh výjimečnými schopnostmi nadaného mimozemšťana, jenž v lidské podobě zkoumá možnosti, jak lze naši planetu kolonizovat. Má totiž jednu velkou přednost z větší části ji pokrývá voda; na mimozemšťanově domovské planetě se totiž potýkají…

Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports her; but the two have met only once. Jaime thinks Viridiana resembles his dead wife. Viridiana has se…