Akitsu onsen (1962)
Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal spring
Wuthering Heights (1988)
A retelling of Emily Brontes tale of vengeance and obsessive love, set in medieval Japan
Flame and Women (1967)
A sterile man arranges for his disapproving wife to receive artificial insemination, after which she starts nourishing a strong desire for the childs biological father
Chi wa kawaiteru (1960)
An insurance company employee threatens suicide after a massive layoff is announced by the management The company takes advantage of his threat by turning it into an advertising campaign
Rokudenashi (1960)
A bored young student falls for the young secretary of his rich friends father She senses some good in him and tries to make him discard his aimless lifestyle
Erosu purasu gyakusatsu (1969)
Two interwoven stories The first is a biography of anarchist Sakae Osugi which follows his relationship with three women in the 1920s The second centers around two 1960s students researching Osugis theories
Escape from Japan (1964)
As Japan is preparing to host the Olympics, a gang member wanting to go to America is sought after by the police after helping his friend conduct a robbery
Bitter End of a Sweet Night (1961)
An opportunistic department store clerk gets involved with three women and attempts to manipulate them so he can move up the social ladder