Before Spring

Before Spring 1980

5.20

Out of the blue, a bourgeois family on the Sea of Japan finds an unconscious woman on the beach and decides to let her board.

1980

Heart, Beating in the Dark

Heart, Beating in the Dark 1982

7.70

A boy and girl struggle to understand their place in 1980s Japan, retiring to copulate and probe each other for answers.

1982

Mitsugetsu

Mitsugetsu 1984

6.60

Tetsuaki's struggling to write a novel while his mother fades; Mitsuko's engagement has been forced upon her unwillingly; the two individuals run away to share their grief.

1984