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

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

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