Ayumi Sonoda

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs — Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vic

The Blue Beast — Tatsuya Nakadai plays a scheming low-level executive who plays labor against management and uses anyone he can to furthe

The Approach of Autumn — A single mother from the country raising a 6th grade boy comes to Tokyo, leaves the boy to live with his uncle's family,

Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong —

The H-Man — When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and s