The best Bontarō Miake’s romance movies
Today we present the best Bontarō Miake’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Bontarō Miake’s movies.
Princess Yang Kwei Fei
7.1/10
In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their influence over the court. General An Lushan finds a distant relative working in their kitchen whom they groom to present to the Emperor. The Emperor falls in love with her and she becomes the Princess Yang Kwei-fei. The Yangs are then appointed important ministers, though An Lushan is not given the court position he covets. The ministers misuse their power so much that there is a popular revolt against the Yangs, fueled by An Lushan.
Woman of Rumor
7.4/10
Yukiko's fiance learns her mother runs a geisha house and ends their engagement. She despises what her mother does until one of her clients shows interest and starts to woo her.
The Water Magician
7.2/10
Taki no Shiraito is a very independent young woman with a famous water juggling act in a travelling carnival troupe. She falls in love with an orphaned carriage driver Kinya Murakoshi, and pledges to put him through law school in Tokyo. She always encloses money in her letters to him, until one hard winter there is no work to be found.
The Priest and the Beauty
6.2/10
It's a film version of the known legend about Kiyohime and the monk Anchin.
Dreams Come True at Night
Blind Devotion
Late romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke.
The Feast of Gion
8/10
A sad love film where the action takes place in Kyoto, in a trading house.
