Oka wa hanazakari

Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.

Runtime

2h 23m

Director

Yoshitarō Nomura

Cast

Tetsuro Tamba, Gō Katō, Kensaku Morita

After the death of his son, travel writer Macon Leary seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon's wife is having similar problems. They separate, and Macon meets a strange, outgoing woman who brings him 'back down to earth', but his wife soon thinks their marriage is still worth another try.

Runtime

2h 1m

Director

Lawrence Kasdan

Cast

William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Geena Davis

Amélie, a young Belgian woman, having spent her childhood in Japan, decides to return to live there and tries to integrate in the Japanese society. She is determined to be a "real Japanese" before her year contract runs out, though it precisely this determination that is incompatable with Japanese humility. Though she is hired for a ch...

Runtime

1h 47m

Director

Alain Corneau

Cast

Sylvie Testud, Kaori Tsuji, Bison Katayama

A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life.

Runtime

2h 14m

Director

David Swift

Cast

Hayley Mills, Jane Wyman, Richard Egan

John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside to his wife. Everything soon falls apart and Ray ends up on the run with John's wife trying to evade crooked narcotics agents.

Runtime

2h 6m

Director

Karel Reisz

Cast

Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty