The story follows a university student who moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The landlord then attempts to evict the tenants and sell the building…

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.

Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks to stay with her after becoming bankrupt and leaving his wife….

Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss so she can pay her father’s debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement.

During the 17th Century roving bands of hatamoto were causing trouble in the new capital city of Edo and constantly fought with the townspeople at every turn. The leader of…

Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat.