خلاصه داستان : در یک دهکده کوهستانی، هیتا پسری با استعداد است اما روستاییان از او طفره می روند. او می تواند گریه پرندگان را تقلید کند و با پسر دیگری که در یک کارخانه آبجوسازی کار می کند دوست شود. هیتا توسط کشیش دهکده، یاسوگی، و معلمش، میشیکو، آرامش پیدا می کند. اما آنها نیز خود مشکلاتی...

In a mountain village, Heita, a translator's son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the villagers. He can imitate birds' cry and befriends another boy who works in a brewery. Heita also finds solace in the village pastor Yasugi and his teacher Michiko, but they too have problems of their own.

خلاصه داستان : به طور متناوب ، بین پایان جنگ جهانی دوم ، هاروکو ، یک بیوه ، دخترش اوتاکو و پسرش سیئیچی را ، تغذیه و پناه می دهد. تا سال 1953 ...

At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed with their poor standard of living at home. They gradually reject her in search of the material comforts that working as a maid cannot provide. The mother's despair becomes interminable.

خلاصه داستان : دختری که روستای زادگاهش را برای زندگی در توکیو ترک کرده بود، سال‌ها بعد به خانه‌اش باز می‌گردد و زمانی که مردم محلی متوجه می‌شوند که او یک رقصنده است، رسوایی را به راه می‌اندازد.

A girl who'd left her hometown for the exciting adventure of the big city returns home years later for a visit, soon somehow causing scandal.

خلاصه داستان : گیشا که برای روز مبادا پولی را به دوستش کین سپرده قصد طلب آن را دارد ولی ...

What is the life of a Geisha like once her beauty has faded and she has retired? Kin has saved her money, and has become a wealthy money-lender, spending her days cold-heartedly collecting debts. Even her best friends, Tomi, Nobu, and Tamae, who were her fellow Geisha, are now indebted to her. For all of them, the glamor of their young lives has passed; Tomi and Tamae have children, but their children have disappointed them. Kin has two former lovers who still pursue her; one she wants to see, and the other she doesn't. But even the one she remembers fondly, when he shows up, proves to be a disappointment.

خلاصه داستان : در دهه 1950، زندگی زناشویی برای زوج میانسال ژاپنی موکیچی (شین سابوری) و تائکو (میچیو کوگوره) بسیار عادی شده است. تائکو شوهرش را "خنگ" خطاب می کند در حالی که موکیچی بیشتر وقت خود را در دفتر می گذراند. خواهرزاده جوان آنها ستسوکو (کیکو تسوشیما) مصمم است از سرنوشت آنها فرار کند...

Takeo, a capricious wife from Tokyo high society, is bored by her dull husband, a quiet and reliable company executive raised in the country. After a crisis, she understands better his true value. A parallel sub-plot shows her niece rebelling against the tradition of arranged marriages.

خلاصه داستان : داستانی با مضمون تئاتر کابوکی درباره روستایی فقیر که مردم آن باید پس از پیر شدن به کوهی نزدیک حمل شوند تا بمیرند...

In Kabuki style, the film tells the story of a remote mountain village where the scarcity of food leads to a voluntary but socially-enforced policy in which relatives carry 70-year-old family members up Narayama mountain to die. Granny Orin is approaching 70, content to embrace her fate. Her widowed son Tatsuhei cannot bear losing his mother, even as she arranges his marriage to a widow his age. Her grandson Kesa, who's girlfriend is pregnant, is selfishly happy to see Orin die. Around them, a family of thieves are dealt with severely, and an old man, past 70, whose son has cast him out, scrounges for food. Will Orin's loving and accepting spirit teach and ennoble her family?