The Origin of Twenty Years Old

High and Low

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

Red Beard

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.

Monument to Holy Service

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

Eternity of Love

A Hiromichi Horikawa movie

Magnitude 7.9

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

ESPY

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

Ningen no Shōmei

TV series produced by MBS and TOEI, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Seiichi Morimura.

Oretachi no Tabi

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