Yumi Shirakawa Movies

A young man and woman are determined to marry despite opposition from her parents.

The tale of hardship, love, determination and life of Mineko, a young maiko (apprentice geisha) in the Gion district of Kyoto.

A private detective and a colleague investigate a man for a wealthy young lady.

An ad campaign for a TV show called the “Male Training Contest” stirs chaos at a major electronics company. On opening night, PR manager...

Optimistic student Hideyoshi struggles to land a job at Japan Motors, facing setbacks and rivalry but winning his way in through...

1961 Japanese movie

The first work of 27-year-old director Eizo Sugawa, contrasting a politician father and his son, a drummer in a student band. It depicts the conflict...

A newlywed couple moves into an apartment complex where each family faces everyday problems.

Action melodrama.

1961 Japanese movie

Police investigate the murder of a private eye/blackmailer who had numerous enemies, including six prime suspects.

A clumsy but determined car salesman, Hideyoshi, faces rivalry, romance troubles, and job setbacks, but through persistence and humor, he wins a big...

1962 Japanese movie

1961 Japanese movie

Youko and Harumi have been friends since youth as their life circumstances were similar. Youko ends up marrying a politician and publishes a...

A newscaster meets and falls in love with a woman in Rome who is the spitting image of the Crown Prince's bride-to-be.

Comedy about a Japanese-American professor, a nuclear scientist, who returns to Japan to search for a typically subservient Japanese wife.

1962 Japanese movie