The Sound of the Waves (1975)
Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in
love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue’s affections, Yasuo. Yasuo spreads unpleasant
gossip about his rival, and Hatsue’s father forbids her to see Shinji. But when the boy
saves the passengers on a boat owned by Hatsue’s father, his luck in love begins to
change.
Director: Katsumi Nishikawa
Actors: Ichirô Arishima, Keiko Tsushima, Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura
Scent of a Woman (1992)
Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie…
Devils on the Doorstep (2000)
During the Japanese occupation of China, two prisoners are dumped in a peasant’s home in a small town. The owner is bullied into keeping the prisoners until the next New…
The Late Shift (1996)
David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from “The Tonight Show.”
Madame Bovary (2000)
A young woman in her late teens, a reader of novels and with high hopes of romance and passion, marries a widowed country doctor. Although he dotes on her, she…
In the Shadow of Women (2015)
Pierre and Manon are poor. They make documentaries with nothing and they live by doing odd jobs. Pierre meets a young intern, Elisabeth, and she becomes his mistress. But Pierre…
Manic (2001)
Lyle is filled with rage. After badly beating a classmate during a schoolyard fight, Lyle is committed to a juvenile mental institution in lieu of criminal prosecution. Inside the hospital,…