Nobuko Otowa Movies

The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest. Some days later, Ueda Hiroshi, a 19-year-old...

The relationship between a rich young student and his lower class friend changes when they start to live both at a guest house. Both will be...

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.

Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to...

The 17th "Ekimae" feature.

Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope...

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

In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a sex worker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets a teacher and falls...

A seasoned prosecutor uncovers the perfect crime committed by a young lawyer.

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

A young woman is forced by circumstance into a loveless marriage while still in love with another. This episodic tale follows their story through...

Brings Shingo face to face against Yagyu Tajima, the Shogun’s fencing instructor in a match that could save a domain near Osaka. ...

A woman looks after her father in law.

1958 Japanese movie

The 12th "Ekimae" feature.

Gen is a lonely orphan boy. His sole sense of companionship comes from an imaginary friend, the god Prince Fudo-Myo. Prince Fudo-Myo comes to the...

A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to be driven to despair.

A single mother from the country raising a 6th grade boy comes to Tokyo, leaves the boy to live with his uncle's family, runs a struggling grocery...

In 1943, critical developments in the Pacific War have placed Japan at a disadvantage, although the fiery breaths of war hadn't yet reached Okinawa...