Noriko Honma Movies

1962 Japanese movie

A legendary gangster raises himself out of a small town and gathers followers on his rise to power.

In the 19th century Edo period, sisters Oshizu and Otaka have sacrificed their personal happiness to work and care for their ailing father. Otaka...

A story of unhappy youths and the perils of lack of sex education.

Lonely youth Shinji meets Hatsue, a pretty pearl diver, on the beach and the two fall in love. But Shinji has a rival for Hatsue's affections, Yasuo.

Ultra-perky model likes single freedom but feels ryosai kenbo ("good wife, wise mother") pressure, exemplified by her bored-to-tears sister.

Japanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi.

Forced on the road by yakuza obligations, a man sets out on a reckless journey to Tsumagoi. Movie posters for local cinemas were often displayed at...

An Ishiro Honda film. The second part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the first film.

Girls in the Orchard (1953) is about tension between the life of a family in a rural area with all the traditions (continuing family business, taking...