Raise the Red Lantern (1991)

A rhythm and blues superstar tries to put his life back together after losing everything.

Through a year of 30th birthdays, four best friends navigate relationships, heartbreak and a shocking situation that threatens to tear them apart.

1944. A band of runaways and orphans of the war scour the countryside in search of food and shelter. They invade and then taken in by a musician and former…

A devout upper-class Hindu has a vision in a dream that his daughter-in-law is the human incarnation of the Goddess Kali and begins worshipping her.

A young prizefighter finds himself being squeezed on all sides to throw a fight.

An idealistic teacher is shocked to discover her pupils are already cynical and opportunistic. Her colleague soon grows resentful when she uses new and challenging techniques to help her students…

François Donge, a rich industrialist and womaniser, meets a girl nicknamed Bébé who he marries. Ten years later, poisoned by his wife and dying in hospital, he recalls his married…

A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.

When her son is accused of raping and trying to murder his ex-wife, Alicia embarks on a journey that will change her life forever.

The way of the eagle is to raise two chicks. The stronger is destined always to throw the weaker from the nest. Man also has his ways, often to hurt…

While sorting through a mess of books in the staff room, Ohana happens upon one of Denroku’s log books from long ago. Within it, it recounts a story of Ohana’s…

High-school student Yasuko, indulges in sex to liberate herself from a corrupt adult society. Driven by the encouragement of her peers to feel what it is like to be a…