21 Apr 1989
Prism Season
In a gentle adaptation of Megume Nagata's book Flowers Wait for the Moon, a girl grows up, falls in love, and becomes a mother, realizing that her childhood is now forever behind her.
Samurai Rebellion
In the end, we had no choice but to have it this way. We just took a roundabout path.
The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.
Top Billed Cast
三船敏郎 Isaburo Sasahara
司葉子 Ichi Sasahara
加藤剛 Yogoro Sasahara
江原達怡 Bunzo Sasahara
市原悦子 Kiku
山形勲 Shobei Tsuchiya
仲代達矢 Tatewaki Asano
神山繁 Geki Takahashi
大塚道子 Suga Sasahara
松村達雄 Lord Masakata Matsudaira
三島雅夫 Sanzaemon Yanase
浜村純 Hyoemon Shiomi
佐々木孝丸 Kenmotsu Sasahara
福原秀雄 Sahei
小林哲子 Otama
山岡久乃 Sannojo Kasai's mother (uncredited)
青木義朗 Takazo Komiya (uncredited)
Similar movies
Prism Season Prism Season The Last Animal 
The Last Animal The Last Animal
Two sisters discover a 4000-year-old baby mammoth during their mother’s scientific expedition.
Mother at War 
Mother at War 29 Oct 2020
Mother at War
1918. World War I rages in Europe while Erna Jensen tends to her ordinary life at home in Bramstrup, with her simple-minded son, Kalle. One day the village constable comes to enlist Kalle for military service for the German Empire – of which Southern Jutland is a part. If Erna is to save Kalle from certain death, she must follow him through thick and thin. Upon a chance meeting with a deserting solder she trades identities. Now disguised as Private Julius Rasmussen, Erna heads for the front. In her encounters with the other soldiers and in the presence of the war, unknown sides of Erna are awoken. This is the story of a woman who won’t let a war prevent her from fighting for what she loves.
Lost Illusions 
Lost Illusions 20 Oct 2021
Lost Illusions
Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark side of the arts business as he tries to stay true to his dreams.
Žíznivé mládí Žíznivé mládí 15 Oct 1943
Žíznivé mládí
No overview found
Ponniyin Selvan: Part I 
Ponniyin Selvan: Part I 30 Sep 2022
Ponniyin Selvan: Part I
The Chola kingdom is under threat from forces both internal and external, and with crown prince Aaditha Karikalan, his younger brother Arunmozhi Varman and the emperor, Sundara Cholar separated by situations, it is up to a messenger to ensure the safety of the kingdom. Can he succeed in his mission, especially with Karikalan's former girlfriend, Nandhini, plotting to bring down the entire Chola empire?
Beneath the Shadow 
Beneath the Shadow 07 Dec 2019
Beneath the Shadow
From coworkers to close friends, Konno and Hiasa drift apart. When Hiasa goes missing, Konno must face what he didn’t say in time.
Totuus on armoton 
Totuus on armoton 14 Mar 1963
Totuus on armoton
A man sets out to prove his right against a District Court in a small town. The locals are not willing to accept anything but their own truth of the matter.
Summer of 85 
Summer of 85 14 Jul 2020
Summer of 85
What do you dream of when you're 16-years-old and in a seaside resort in Normandy in the 1980s? A best friend? A lifelong teen pact? Scooting off on adventures on a boat or a motorbike? Living life at breakneck speed? No. You dream of death. Because you can't get a bigger kick than dying. And that's why you save it till the very end. The summer holidays are just beginning, and this story recounts how Alexis grew into himself.
Synnin puumerkki 
Synnin puumerkki 20 Sep 1942
Synnin puumerkki
Maria, who lives in Hermann, Helsinki, takes in a baby abandoned on the steps of a bar. Mean neighbors call the foundling, named Stiina, a municipal orphan, which makes the girl ashamed of her background. Malicious gossip, constant poverty, and misfortune strengthen her spirit. Stiina grows up to be a brave and fair woman.
A Wad of Notes 
A Wad of Notes 09 Sep 1970
A Wad of Notes
A lone gambler tries to keep a yakuza family from taking over a festival in Kitakyushu. After away from his hometown for 13 years, Ryuji comes back and saves the town that is becoming run-down from yakuza’s ill deeds.
A Season of Giants 
A Season of Giants 04 Nov 1990
A Season of Giants
At the turn of the sixteenth century, Michelangelo (Mark Frankel), Raphael (Andrea Prodan), and Leonardo Da Vinci (John Glover) create their masterpieces, while dealing with religious persecution, political turmoil, and the discovery of America.
Hunted 
Hunted 03 Feb 2021
Hunted
A woman flees two serial killers who are hot on her heels in a forest.
Hideaway 
Hideaway 19 Nov 2025
Hideaway
When Sun-oh's abusive father dies while on duty as a firefighter, he feels a sense of liberation. As he dreams of a new life, his mother and sister seem to have forgotten the violence they endured. Confused, Sun-oh falls in with delinquent friends and starts his first relationship hoping to leave his father behind. However, at his father's memorial ceremony, Sun-oh shatters as his mother and sister speak of forgiveness.
Sin Clock 
Sin Clock 10 Feb 2023
Sin Clock
In order to turn their lives around, three taxi drivers living at the bottom rung of society hatch a plan to steal an invaluable art piece. Their plan was supposed to be perfect, but as coincidences pile up it becomes clear that nothing is going to go according to plan.
History of Philosophy 
History of Philosophy 05 Nov 1937
History of Philosophy
A student rebellion precedes revolutionary events in Prague.
Samurai Cat: The Movie 
Samurai Cat: The Movie 01 Mar 2014
Samurai Cat: The Movie
The ever versatile Kazuki Kitamura stars as masterless samurai Kyutaro Madarame, a feared swordsman who has fallen on hard times in old Edo. Caught between two warring gangs in an epic battle of cat lovers and dog lovers, he begrudgingly accepts the canine faction's offer to assassinate the opposite leader's beloved pet: an adorable white cat. Yet upon raising his lethal sword, he cannot bring himself to go through with the act, and the cat melts his ronin heart. But before finding peace as a newly minted cat person, the still fearsome Madarame will have to take on both gangs in a classic samurai street brawl.
0.5 mm 
0.5 mm 08 Nov 2014
0.5 mm
Sawa Yamagishi worked as a nursing-care helper. The family for an old man asked Sawa to sleep with him, which led her to lose her job. Now, she has nowhere to go. Sawa finds elderly people in trouble and gets involved in their lives. Meeting them, Sawa's own wounds start to heal.
The Grandmother The Grandmother 24 Feb 1922
The Grandmother
No overview found
Forbidden Territory Forbidden Territory 19 Oct 1934
Forbidden Territory
Britisher Sir Charles Farrington and a son, Rex Farrington, arrive in a Russian Soviet territory searching for another Farrington son, Michael,who has been thrown into prison. Valarie Perrovna is a singer who is in love with the imprisoned son and she provides the searchers with the information as to where the missing son is being held. They all go there and help Michael escape. But is their escape vehicle---a flat wagon pulled by three horses--- fast enough and sturdy enough through the snow to beat the Commmisar and his troops to the Rumanian border