One Thousand and One Nights / A Thousand & One Nights / Sen'ya ichiya monogatari (1969)
Animation
The incredible adventures of Aladdin as he travels through the Middle East in search of love, fortune, and power.
Starring: Sachiko Itô, Haruko Katô, Noboru Mitani
Director: Eiichi Yamamoto
Flag in the Mist / Sweet Revenge / Kiri-no-hata (1977)
Drama | Mystery
Masao is falsely accused and jailed for the murder of a loanshark to whom he owed a lot of money. His sister Kiriko makes the long trip to Tokyo, specifically to accost Otsuka, Japan's top criminal defence lawyer, and plead with him to take her brother's case. They live in KitaKyushu which, though a city, she contends that the local lawyers are not up to the job. Otsuka contemptuously brushes her off. A year passes. Masao has suicided in jail, his appeal having failed due to the lack of interest and competence of the local defence lawyer. Kiriko returns to Tokyo, planning revenge on Otsuka for refusing the case and causing her brother's death. Meanwhile, through the actions of a crusading young journalist, Otsuka is informed of Masao's death. His curiosity piqued, he requests the file and reviews the evidence. Otsuka also has an adoring mistress who owns a bar. By coincidence (?), the real murderer is an associate of one of her employees. Kiriko, now working as a hostess in a different bar, is asked by a friend to tail her boyfriend, whom she suspects of cheating. The boyfriend is murdered in the bar owner's flat, and Kiriko grabs the chance to set her revenge plan into action. Kiriko rigs the crime scene to falsely incriminate the bar owner, who is subsequently jailed. Otsuka's mistress out of the way, Kiriko sets out to seduce and entrap Otsuka, against the advice of the crusading journalist.
Starring: Momoe Yamaguchi, Tomokazu Miura, Rentarô Mikuni, Hiroshi Sekiguchi, Haruko Kato
Director: Katsumi Nishikawa
Gonza the Spearman / Yari no gonza (1986)
Drama
The tragic story of Gonza, a handsome ladies man, set in the Tokagawa Period, a time in which appearences are very important. Gonza competes with Bannojo for the honor to perform the tea ceremony to celebrate the birth of an heir to the lord of their clan. To see the sacred tea scrolls Gonza promises to marry the daughter of the family which possesses them, even though he is unofficially engaged to another. When studying the scrolls with Osai, the mother of the house, Bannajo sneaks into the house and steals their obis and runs through the town proclaiming the two as adulterers.
Starring: Hiromi Gô, Shima Iwashita, Shôhei Hino, Misako Tanaka, Haruko Kato, Takashi Tsumura
Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Kiki's Delivery Service / Majo no takkyûbin (1989)
Adventure | Animation | Family | Fantasy
When an apprentice witch turns thirteen, she must leave her home in order to hone her craft. Although Kiki's sole talent is broom-flying, she sets out for adventure with her cat Jiji. They settle in a charming seaside town, where Kiki establishes her own delivery service. As Kiki learns to balance independence with responsibility, her kind heart wins her many new friends in this coming-of-age tale.
Starring: Minami Takayama, Rei Sakuma, Kappei Yamaguchi, Haruko Kato
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
