Yasunari Kawabata Movies

In Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mountainous Izu to Tokyo.

A married woman lets her lover take naked pictures of her. The photos end up in possession of a man who starts blackmailing the couple.

A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.

In this Japanese drama, a dry goods merchant's daughter is surprised to discover that she has a twin sister. In rural Japan it was thought that twins...

Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage, all she does is cook and clean for her husband.

An ingratiating bride develops warm ties to her father-in-law while her cold husband blithely slights her for another woman.

Hugo is a writer whose one great book was based on an affair he had with Lea, a sculptor. Bereft of inspiration for a follow-up, Hugo returns years...

It's a man's world. Shimamura, an artist, comes to this snowbound town to rejuvenate himself. He connects with Komako, a geisha he met on a previous...

"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets...

Love story between a student and girl whose parents are itinerant entertainers. Set in Japan in the 1920's.

A melodrama based on the novel by Yasunari Kawabata, telling about the tragic fate of a mother and daughter who are attracted to the same man.

Edmond, a man in his sixties whose wife has recently passed away, is told about a secret establishment where men can spend an entire night in bed...

A university professor decides to go for a tour in Akihabara, guided by a young woman dressed up like a French maid. As they both walk through the...

A BBC television documentary on the life of Yukio Mishima that highlights the many known major aspects of his life and personality.

When the man who seduced the famous painter Otoko as a teenager--and then wrote a bestselling novel about it--reappears in her life, her pupil--and...

This movie is based on an immortal literary work "The Snow Country," a story about a life of geisha Komako who lives in a region with heavy snowfalls.

Four short films based on ghost stories written by award winning modern Japanese writers.

While vacationing in the Izu peninsula, a high school student Kawashima becomes intrigued by Kaoru, a pretty young dancer in a troupe of travelling...

Based on four early novellas by Noble Prize winner Yasunari Kawabata, this omnibus of four short films are by emerging directors from the second...

Lawrence, a renowned writer, comes to Santiago to spend a winter course. There, by his colleague Elijah, finds a very special house on the outskirts...