Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.

Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces...

A silk factory worker is persuaded to support her son's education up to a college level despite their poverty. Many years later, she travels to Tokyo...

After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to...

Ambitionerne brænder, når to lokale skoler konkurrerer om at lave den mest overvældende udgave af det traditionsbundne krybbespil -...

An errant salaryman's son gets lost until a man from the Tokyo tenements brings him to vendor Tane, who's reluctant to let the kid board.

In 1850, on the isolated French island of Saint-Pierre, a murder shocks the natives. Two fishermen are arrested. One of them, Louis Ollivier, dies in...

En paranoid general beordrer et atomangreb på Sovjetunionen, fordi han er overbevist om, at kommunisterne har til hensigt at forurene USA's...

I 2000'erne går det ufatteligt godt for bankerne, ejendomsmarkedet buldrer frem, og Wall Street fester i champagne. Men enkelte særlinge...

Chris og Rose har nået det stadie i deres forhold, hvor det er på tide at hilse på svigerforældrene, så Rose inviterer...