Chikamatsu Monogatari

Ivan the Terrible, Part I — Set during the early part of his reign, Ivan faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seek

The Bad Sleep Well — In this loose adaptation of "Hamlet," illegitimate son Kôichi Nishi climbs to a high position within a Japanese corporat

The Big Gundown — Unofficial lawman John Corbett hunts down Cuchillo Sanchez, a Mexican peasant accused of raping and killing a 12-year-ol

The City of the Dead — In Whitewood, Massachusetts, a presumed witch places a curse on the town before she is burned at the stake. 300 years la

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum — In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in fem

Street of Shame — The lives of five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostit