
1951
In post-war Japan, Michiko, a disillusioned young woman trapped in a loveless marriage, confides in her younger cousin, Tsutomo, and the two become close, but decide not to consummate their affair. He instead becomes involved with the flirtatious Tomiko, who is also conducting an affair with Michiko's husband. When Michiko finds that her husband has abandoned her, she decides to take her fate into her own hands.

Kinuyo Tanaka
Michiko Akiyama

Yukiko Todoroki
Tomiko Ono

Masayuki Mori
Tadao Akiyama

Akihiko Katayama
Tsutomu Miyaji

So Yamamura
Eiji Ono

Eitarō Shindō
Shinzaburo Miyaji

Kiyoko Hirai
Tamiko Miyaji

Minako Nakamura
Yukiko Ono

Mie Asô

Taizō Fukami

Yaeko Izumo

Ken'o Kawasaki

Mitsuo Matsumoto

Satoru Nishida
Narita

Reiko Otani
Takako Sasamoto

Eizaburô Sakauchi

Noriko Sengoku
Maid in the Ono house

Toyomi Shiozawa

Shirō Tsuchiya

Michiko Tsuyama
Eiko

Sanemon Suzuki

What Are You Doing Tonight?

Forbidden

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

The Bridges of Madison County

Belle de Jour

The Heart Surgeon

Manhattan

Wild Strawberries

Monsoon Wedding

Live Flesh

The Promised Land

Effi Briest

The Piano

To Die For

Reflections in a Golden Eye

Revolutionary Road

Tommy

Into the Night

Wonder Boys

Terms of Endearment