The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin

An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare.

On one gloomy rainy night, a writer encounters an unexpected visit paid by a woman of his past. Seeking solitude from her ex-lover, she finds solace...

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to...

The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.

In this story the hero is haunted by a beautiful young woman who tries to stab him to death with a knife. This fantasy recurs on each of his...

Overwhelmed by a world he can no longer control, a quarrelsome worker in his fifties tries to preserve the integrity of his neighbourhood...

A writer for a greeting card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girlfriend in bed with another man.

In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.

In the summer of 1942 two young boys are sent to stay with their stern grandmother Kurnitz and their childlike aunt Bella in Yonkers, New York.

The youngest daughter in a crowded house, Kaluna struggles to balance her familial responsibilities while working and saving to buy her own home.