Nobuko Otowa Movies

Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai"...

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

A sequel to Happiness of Us Alone. This story focuses on the troubled life of the couple's adult's son, Ichiro, especially his relationship with a...

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

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

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

Shigeki Kachi, Tosuke Satomura, and Nanako, who belong to the theater company Vuanbert around Dosa, withdrew at the indignation of the chairman...

“Quit working as a nurse!” “All right, I will!” thus began the married life of Yasuo and Keiko. But the reality is harsh....

Provincial 14th century governor Moronao, attracted to the wife of a court magistrate, tries to seduce her and when she rejects his advances plots to...

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 woman looks after her father in law.

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.

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...

1954 Japanese movie

Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their...