Tsumami Edamame

Two members of a Japanese junior baseball team get mixed up with the local yakuza. After their coach is severely injured by the gangsters, the two boys set off to Okinawa to purchase a gun in order to get revenge (imdb)

Summertime during the sixties on the beach at Enoshima, a seaside resort not far from Tokyo. This is where 12-year-old Nagisa lives with her mother, who runs a small bar. Nagisa's father was a fisherman; he died several years ago. Nagisa - translated literally, her name means 'beach' - spends most of her time with her girlfriend Noriko, the hairdresser's daughter. Recently, however, Nagisa has begun to find Noriko's company rather dull.

Swordsman Kanemi Sanzaemon stabs and kills the Lady Renko , mistress to the Lord Tabu Ukyou. This crime is normally punishable by beheading, yet Sanzaemon is spared. Instead, he is imprisoned in isolation for a year, during which time we learn of the corruption of Renko, and the growing rift that is forming between the Lord and his cousin Hayatonosho Obiya. When Sanzaemon is released and promoted to chief attendant, things really start to get complicated. (japanesefilmfestival.blogspot.com)