Noriko Honma Movies

1962 Japanese movie

Comedy starring the Crazy Cats' Kei Tani as a salaryman suffering from amnesia.

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

Walking home late one night, a down-on-his-luck sewage worker runs into a drunk businessman with a briefcase full of cash. His impulsive decision...

Soichi Ataka is the eldest son of Ataka family. Although mentally challenged, he's a person with a gentle heart. Soichi's wife, Kuniko is devoted to...

The fifth film in the Toho Diamond series, following "The Hateful Thing." Based on the true story of "Zoo Story" by author Fukuda Saburo. During the...

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

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

Masako, the daughter of an impoverished itinerant tinsmith, wins a grammar school composition contest with an essay about her neighborhood. The much...

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

Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman who...

During the mayoral election, two ex-prisoners decide to replace the lucky pen of an annoying candidate with a mini-bomb.

Outspoken student Noriko stands up to bullies and befriends pitcher Mitsuo. As their bond deepens, she impulsively declares she wants to marry...

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

A large family scrapes by on the meager salaries of the father and three eldest sons, who left school in order to work and support the family. The...

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

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.