Thunderstorm

Elite college graduates commit perfect financial crimes though loopholes in the law during the 1950s.

Five years after the end of the Second World War, Reikichi, a repatriated veteran, translates love letters for Japanese women to American GIs, while...

Two boys beg their parents for a television set, nagging them until all patience is lost. The parents order the boys to be quiet and the boys do...

When an American is murdered in a Japanese inn, Tokyo police detective Munesue follows the trail of the killer to New York. There he is joined by a...

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes...

In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together.

Postwar Ueno: lawyer Yone Yamada’s sister is attacked and the truth buried. Fueled by rage, Yone writes “Article 14” on a wall and,...

Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver is reassigned to a Japanese air base and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese people. The issue...

A harsh young man seduces a freeloading young woman and eventually takes advantage of her knack for hitchhiking to rob middle-class men.

A racist sergeant stationed in post-war Japan finds himself softening towards the children and falling for a local woman.

A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.

The story of a group of young people who organise their own travelling symphony orchestra to provide music for people living in remote villages...