Akemi Ueno

The Storm: A widowed high-school teacher tries to raise his four children alone.

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

Summer Clouds: A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the tw

Flowing: Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any

Sudden Rain: Fumiko and Ryōtarō Namiki's marriage has gone stale, with both constantly arguing over what to do on a day off, or about