Erotisk kærlighedsdrama baseret på en sand historie fra Japan i 1936, hvor en mand og en af hans tjenere begynder en lidenskabelig affære. Deres ønske bliver en seksuel besættelse så stærk, at for at intensivere deres nydelse, forsager de alt, endda selve livet.
In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to murder him.
Livet er benhårdt og uretfærdigt for de engelske krigsfanger i den japanske fangelejr under 2. verdenskrig. Kun major Celliers protesterer åbenlyst mod den dårlige behandling. Det synes den japanske kaptajn Yonoi bestemt ikke om, men han må alligevel beundre Celliers for hans ukuelige vilje.
Set during Japan's Shogun era, this film looks at life in a samurai compound where young warriors are trained in swordfighting. A number of interpersonal conflicts are brewing in the training room, all centering around a handsome young samurai named Sozaburo Kano. The school's stern master can choose to intervene, or to let Kano decide his own path.
The story of the first century of Japanese cinema from the point of view of the controversial Japanese filmmaker Nagisa Ōshima.
Story of Kyoto: its history, culture, as well as the role it has played in the director's life and the life of his mother.