Kyôko Kishida Movies

Three tales of women that resided in the Shogun's harem (o-oku) during the Edo period.

A sheltered aristocratic woman in feudal Japan, bored and unfamiliar with the world outside her estate, passes the time copying a special Buddhist...

The story follows Tomoko, a writer who becomes involved in a strange and distant relationship with Shingo, a married novelist. Though they haven't...

Tomizo, a master storehouse-breaker who has been released from prison in Denmacho after serving five years plans to break into the Edo Castle gold...

Documentary about the relationships between mothers and their children.

A young offender who is already guilty of many crimes is sentenced again for rape. Upon his release from prison, a year later, the victim waits to...

Based on the comic book of the same name by Youko Shouji

An artistic and unconventional approach to winter sports, using striking visuals, sound design, and a focus on both the spectacle and the human...

Thief Yaheiji (Keizo Kanie) helped a dying young samurai (Hiroaki Murakami), after recovering, he lost his memory and returned to Edo under the name...

4 sisters inherited a sum of money and try to get married

A love melodrama.

A Japanese film from 1963, Directed by Shirô Toyoda.

A short experimental anime about a woman desperately in love. Made by Yoji Kuri, a well-known Japanese indie animator.

A montage of scenes that describe how people can be as bad as animals.

In Kyoto in 1944, poet Tomohiko Nagata meets Shizue, the wife of Kyoto University assistant professor Takeichi Naito, during a lecture. Drawn to...

In the Kurume-Arima domain, Lady Okuni and the chief retainer conspire to poison the eldest son of the Arima family in order to install the second...