V českých kinech se směl tento kafkovsky laděný film, jenž patří k nejlepším podobenstvím v dějinách kinematografie, objevit až na podzim 1968. Jde o nejslavnější snímek režiséra H. Tešigahary (1927–2001). Scénář napsal Kobo Abe (1924–1993) podle vlastní stejnojmenné novely, která byla přeložena také do češtiny.

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting due to his status as his father's heir. Devastated by this, he turns to Otoku, a servant of his family, for comfort, and they fall in love. Kikunosuke becomes determined to leave home and develop as an actor on his own merits, and Otoku faithfully follows him.

At the end of the 19th century, Shanghai is divided into several foreign concessions. In the British concession, a number of luxurious “flower houses” are reserved for the male elite of the city. Since Chinese dignitaries are not allowed to frequent brothels, these establishments are the only ones that these men can visit. They form a self-contained world, with its own rites, traditions and even its own language. The men don’t only visit the houses to frequent the courtesans but also to dine, smoke opium, play mahjong and relax. The women working there are known as the “flowers of Shanghai”.

Near a remote Buddhist monastery, a young man falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant. After a monk finds out, the young man becomes an assistant to a master sculptor, only to proceed to complicate matters with his affairs.

An early example of ultra-realism, this movie contrasts the quiet, bucolic life in the outskirts of Paris with the harsh, gory conditions inside the nearby slaughterhouses. Describes the fate of the animals and that of the workers in graphic detail.

A female rock band acquires an infamous composition by Niccolò Paganini that was used in satanic rituals. When the band decides to record the song and film a video in Paganini's old mansion, the spirit of the deceased composer is summoned and the band unlocks a portal to Hell.

After WWII, a Soviet pilot returns to civilian life and struggles in her roles as school principal and mother, and with her memories of the war.

Když otec malého Efraima musí odejít za prací, svěří synka příbuzným v horách. Chlapci je v novém domově jedinou útěchou ovečka, kterou si směl vzít s sebou. Horská obec ale bojuje s chudobou a hladem a život Efraimovy čtyřnohé přítelkyně je ohrožen. Navzdory svému věku je chlapec odhodlán udělat vše, aby ji zachránil. První film etiopského režiséra měl premiéru na nedávném festivalu v Cannes. (KVIFF)

Jean-Marie Fayard is a young examining magistrate in a large provincial french city. He belongs to that generation of judges who are endeavoring to re-adapt the notion of justice to our changing times. His methods are not agreeable to every one. Criticism and pressure are brought to bear upon him but he is aware of his value, professionally, and refuses to make any concessions. He follows an unwavering course. He uses dynamic methods and takes uncustomary initiatives. He behaves like a crusader, a battler, whence the nickname given him by the reporters : the sheriff.

A widowed lumberjack's life is turned upside down when a film crew shooting a zombie movie asks for his help and increasingly starts to rely on him.

In the forties in Japan, a group of brilliantly qualified university students are selected to break all ties with their previous lives and form the Japanese spy service.

During a play about moderate Islam, a group of extremists attacks the performers at a theatre in Riyadh. Based on true events that happened 10 years ago.

Mladá italská herečka se vydává na sebedestruktivní dráhu plnou sexu, drog a dalších excesů, zatímco hledá cestu k vykoupení.

Yawara helps a group of timid grade school kids overcome their fears and compete in a judo competition.

Hlavní hrdina Makoto přichází na univirzitu, kde chce studovat angličtinu. Přestože je stydlivý, nachází si zde přátele. Zamiluje se na první pohled do krásné Miyuki a ani neví, že tím ubližuje jeho ctitelce, trochu dětské, trochu bláznivé Shizuru, která se do něj beznadějně zamilovala. Příběh mluví o krásné, čisté, nefalšované lásce. Ukazuje, že zamilovaný člověk je schopen udělat pro toho druhého cokoli.

Režisér Masaki Kobayashi nabízí divákovi monumentální válečnou fresku, která začíná v roce 1933 vpádem japonských vojsk do Číny a končí zajetím hlavního hrdiny po porážce Japonců sověty v Mandžusku. Hlavní hrdina Kaji (Tatsuja Nakadai) se neustále snaží povznést nad zkorumpovaný systém, ale zjišťuje, že jeho morálka je na překážku...

Hrdinou příběhu je stárnoucí samuraj Isaburo. Žije poklidným životem, dokud mu jeho pán nepřikáže aby oženil svého syna Yogora s konkubínou, jež upadla v nemilost i přesto, že vládci porodila syna. Ačkoliv se Isaburo zprvu zdráhá, Yogoro přijme Ichi za ženu a zakrátko se mezi nimi probudí silný cit. Jijich láska starému samuraji vrátí síly a tak když zemře vládcův starší syn a on pošle pro Ichi, aby mu stanula po boku jako matka jeho dědice, Isaburo se pánovi postaví na odpor.

When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his investigation progresses, his idealized image of Kanako cracks: the girl hides a dark life that her father can not even imagine.

While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a mysterious mask from a dead samurai.

In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.