Haruko Sugimura Movies

About small-time gangster Asakichi's chaotic life in the 1930s. His gambling addiction means that he must not continue working in the family...

TV drama based off the play of the same name by Yukio Mishima.

When Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the samurai Kochiyama Soshun agrees to assist.

Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the...

Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga,...

An industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is on a trip to Europe at the time, and a glimpse of a Japanese woman in that setting causes...

Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely...

A film adaptation of Rikuo Honjo's novel "Ishikari River".

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.

A young lawyer falls in love with the daughter of his former professor, whom he's hired to tutor his children.

A divorced woman enters a marriage arranged by her mother in exchange for money to save the life of her seriously ill son.

The Glorious Days

After the death of a colleague, the workers at a factory form a labor union.

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after...

The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined...

A documentary about the lives of actors in the Sakura-tai theatrical troupe, which had arrived in the island of Hiroshima to begin preparations for...

Based on the novel by Junichiro Tanizaki. Story of the beautiful blind daughter of a wealthy businessman who falls in love with a servant.

This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The...