Akemi Negishi

In 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern.

A young woman is trained from birth to be a deadly instrument of revenge against the swindlers who destroyed her family.

In a Japanese slum, various residents play out their lives, dreaming of better things or settling for their lot. Among them is a man who pines for a young woman but is stymied by her deceptive family.

An aging Japanese industrialist becomes so fearful of nuclear war that it begins to take a toll on his life and family.

During the Meiji era, a gambler named Ochô takes revenge on the three gangsters who killed her father, shelters a wanted anarchist, and crosses paths with a British femme fatale.

The advertising director of a pharmaceutical company seeks to boost the ratings of their sponsored TV program by capturing the legendary monster King Kong just as Godzilla re-emerges.

From June 1944, twelve Japanese seamen are stranded for seven years on an abandoned and forgotten island called Anatahan.

This wry chamber piece from director Mikio Naruse focuses on a couple whose pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.

A wistful slice-of-life drama about a college student's attempts to manage her relations with two men.