在得知儿子加百列自杀身亡后的两周，父亲乔治透过脸书与加百列的前男友赛巴斯汀取得联系，既哀痛又愤怒的他始终认定这场悲剧与赛巴斯汀有关，为了了解真正的死因，乔治决定从玻利维亚前往加百列居住的纽约找寻答案。这趟带着悲伤出发的旅程，等着他的会是满满的动人回忆，还是只剩下无止尽的哀愁？

Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake 1965 16mm film 90minsThis was the first attempt to cinematize the works of Irish author James Joyce. Based more on a stage adaptation by Mary Manning than the Joyce novel itself, the film concentrates on Dublin pubkeeper Finnegan (Martin J. Kelly), who while in the throes of inebriation has a vision of his own death. As the bemused Finnegan lies in his coffin, his friends gather for his wake. The "corpse" tries to cut through the keening and platitudes by probing the innermost thoughts of those closest to him. The surprising aspect of this film is that so much of its difficult text works on screen--a tribute to the loving care of scripter/director/ editor Mary Ellen Bute, who, while preparing this film spent her waking hours picking the brains and burrowing through the resource materials of the James Joyce Society.Although director Mary Ellen Bute’s highly regarded Finnegans Wake (aka Passages from Finnegans Wake) is a unique film that is likely to baffle anyone unfamiliar with James Joyce, it cannot be dismissed merely as a literary exercise. The director was right in claiming that her film was “not a translation of the book but a reaction to it”. It is actually based on a stage play by Mary Manning, who was also responsible for the screenplay. Joyce’s elliptical rhetoric and intricate punning, which might be considered a formidable barrier to the filming of this most opaque of his works, proved to be an attraction to Bute, whose enthusiasm for the ‘visual’ and ‘kinetic’ quality of his language led her to the surprising but well-judged move of running subtitles from the original text to support the dialogue.Visual music pioneer Mary Ellen Bute's final film was also her first feature film. James Joyce's classic story of Irish tavern-keeper who dreams of attending his own wake is brought to the screen with a sparkling energy which highlights its maker's career-long exploration of kinetic abstract animation. Perhaps best described as a 'film poem,' Passages from Finnegans Wake was the first attempt to 'cinematize' the works of James Joyce, featuring the author's highly original language spoken by characters and presented as text on screen.

六月的东京，连绵不断的梅雨，让人心烦意乱，欲念横生。供职于心理咨询室的少妇凛子（黒沢あすか 饰）与丈夫（神足裕司 饰）过着优渥的生活，然而夫妻虽然相爱，却因丈夫洁癖的原因始终没有性事。贤淑温良而又倍感压抑的凛子只能通过自慰寻求片刻的满足。某天，一个名叫道郎（塚本晋也 饰）的男子被自杀的念头所困扰，于是打来电话求助。道郎在凛子的开导下渐渐摆脱自杀的泥潭，却转而沉迷于凛子的温柔中。他以凛子自慰的照片作要挟，逼迫这个一贯保守的女子做出一件又一件令她倍感屈辱的事情……本片根据导演塚本晋也的同名小说改编，并荣获2002年威尼斯电影节圣马科评审团特别大奖、2003年葡萄牙国际奇幻影展最佳女主角（黒沢あすか）和评审团大奖。

时值德川幕府末期，海坂藩的下级武士片桐宗藏（永濑正敏 饰）和母亲（倍赏千惠子 饰）、妹妹志乃（田畑智子 饰），以及女佣希惠（松隆子 饰）过着清贫但安乐的生活。母亲过世后，妹妹嫁给了宗藏的好友岛田左门（吉冈秀隆 饰），而希惠却有个不好的婆家。 一日，宗藏偶与希惠在街头重逢，在得知她 倍受婆家人的欺虐后，他怒不可言，将她背回家中收留养病。宗藏心中对希惠尘封已久的爱恋又重新点燃，但他出于各种顾忌，却没敢表明真心。终于，希惠还是离开了宗藏回到家中。而宗藏的同门师兄弟兼好友狭间弥市郎（小泽征悦 饰）因秘密谋反，被捕后越狱出逃，宗藏受命前去追讨。身怀独门秘技隐剑鬼爪的宗藏，将与弥市郎展开一场生死之搏。