Yoko Fujita

The central character here is Toshie (played by Emiko Yagumo, who also starred in a number of early Ozu films), a young woman who works as a secretary-typist, but wears a kimono and is relatively reserved and old-fashioned. She has fallen in love with Shozo Narita (Minoru Takada), a young man she has met through her work. (Roslindale Monogatari)

Four segments shot as if they're the climax of four action Movies by four different Directors. Set in the near future in Japan, depicts the fierce conflict between refugees from the rest of Asia--who have flooded into Japan when their economies have collapsed--and the Japanese armed police. (asianmediawiki.com)

This tells the story of an aging geisha (Mitsuko Yoshikawa) who struggles to support her senior high school-aged son (?). He, however, is so embarrassed by his mother that he has begun cutting school -- and associating with a bad crowd. A young (late teen-aged?) colleague of his mother (Sumiko Mizukubo) also worries about the son, and urges him to not disappoint his mother. In order to show him how lucky he is, she takes him to visit her dysfunctional family. (imdb comment)

A hospital nurse treating a patient for amnesia discovers that he is the serial killer who has been roaming the city armed with a metal baseball bat. (Robert Firsching)

As men become weaker and women’s sexuality becomes more promiscuous, the traditional model of men as the pursuers and women as the pursued is breaking down. Women are now actively seeking one-night stands and approaching men themselves. This story follows three young women and three young men, weaving in the psychological dynamics between those who do the pursuing and those who are pursued. Despite being called the “new generation,” these young people struggle with love, friendship, and human...