Yasunari Kawabata Movies

In Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mountainous Izu to Tokyo.

A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.

Depicts the love story between an idle author and a provincial geisha.

An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.

Hugo is a writer whose one great book was based on an affair he had with Lea, a sculptor. Bereft of inspiration for a follow-up, Hugo returns years...

Edmond, a man in his sixties whose wife has recently passed away, is told about a secret establishment where men can spend an entire night in bed...

It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous...

A BBC television documentary on the life of Yukio Mishima that highlights the many known major aspects of his life and personality.

Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage, all she does is cook and clean for her husband.

While vacationing in the Izu peninsula, a high school student Kawashima becomes intrigued by Kaoru, a pretty young dancer in a troupe of travelling...

"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets...

When the man who seduced the famous painter Otoko as a teenager--and then wrote a bestselling novel about it--reappears in her life, her pupil--and...

In this Japanese drama, a dry goods merchant's daughter is surprised to discover that she has a twin sister. In rural Japan it was thought that twins...

Chieko Sanda has operated a dry goods store in Kyoto for the past 20 years. Her family has owned the store for generations. Chieko is conflicted on...

A married woman lets her lover take naked pictures of her. The photos end up in possession of a man who starts blackmailing the couple.

Chieko (Momoe Yamaguchi) has been raised as the only child of parents who run a dry goods store. When Chieko was a middle-school student, she learned...

Four short films based on ghost stories written by award winning modern Japanese writers.

A dancer girl in a touring company met a high school boy in a port town. The story is about their first love that is very touching and sorrowful. An...

A university professor decides to go for a tour in Akihabara, guided by a young woman dressed up like a French maid. As they both walk through the...

Lawrence, a renowned writer, comes to Santiago to spend a winter course. There, by his colleague Elijah, finds a very special house on the outskirts...