Kenjirô Ohmori

A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.

Two Japanese spies with extrasensory powers go to Istanbul to stop a global agenda of assassinations.

A rural high school takes part in a mountain-climbing exercise and are caught in a sudden typhoon.

A large earthquake hits Tokyo, which was predicted by a seismologist but was ignored.

A Hiromichi Horikawa movie

On June 24, 1969, Etsuko Takano, a 20-year-old third-year student at Ritsumeikan University, jumped in front of a train and died instantly. She left no suicide note, but did leave over a dozen diaries. This film is based on her writings.

A milestone in Japanese teen drama, representing the 1970s. It questions the meaning of life, worries, and joys.