Toshiaki Konoe

The tale of a 17th century samurai's daughter. (imdb)

Anma to Onna revolves around a pair of traveling blind masseurs who stop at an inn. One of the masseurs, Tokuichi (Saburi Shin), takes an interest in a woman (Takamine Meiko) from Tokyo who seems be hiding a mysterious past. The film peeks in and out of the lives and stories of the characters in unexpected ways that defy narrative conventions. (KG)

Introspection Tower is set entirely at a children's reformatory in a rural, agricultural setting with a railway running nearby but no station. (midnighteye.com)

There are memories of various complicated love affairs. She left them behind and started on a journey to a new life.

The story of HANAKAGO NO UTA revolves around a pork-cutlet diner along a cluttered back street of Ginza, Tokyo. Keizo (Reikichi Kawamura), the owner and the master of the diner, and his daughter Yoko (Kinuyo Tanaka) are running a small but successful business. The Chinese chef, Mr. Lee (Shin Tokudaiji), cooks the best pork-cutlet, as they say. Two of the most frequent customers are Ono (Shuji Sano) and Hotta (Chishu Ryu), a pair of rather lazy collage students. (vermillion and one nights)

A Japanese "national policy" film, loosely based on an event that occurred in Japanese-occupied Taiwan in September 1938. It follows a young girl named Sayon from one of the country's indigenous tribes and tells of her her devotion to her village, and to the Japanese empire. (KG)

A talented sculptor is hired to erect a giant Buddha statue when the capital is moved to Nara, in 745 AD. Those opposed to the statue try to use the artist's girlfriend to get him to stop it from being completed.