Nobuko Otowa Movies

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...

The fifth "Ekimae" film set in Yokohama's Chinatown.

A jewelry store president begins to fall for the doctor treating her husband's illness.

The story of a teacher who comes to a village on the Inland Sea and the relationship that develops between her and her 12 pupils.

aka Libido.

Based on "Une vie" by Guy de Maupassant

Hama-chan shows up to work with his son on his back when his wife goes to her class reunion and his mother throws her back out.

Floating Vessel (源氏物語 浮舟 , Ukifune) is a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. Drawn...

Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees...

Can a woman love two men at the same time? Set against the backdrop of Kyoto's rich history, this story depicts a woman's difficult choice for love....

A villager's family is ostracized after he makes an accusation of rigged elections

Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.

Based on the novel by Toyoko Yamazaki.

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a...

One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his...

Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s 1952...