Sachiko Murase Movies

In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visiting liberal intellectual.

Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform.

A pioneer farmer's stubborn dream of building Japan's greatest ranch is put to the test when a leisure resort company sets its sights on his...

A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.

In a provincial Japanese town, an entrepreneurial sanitation collector is drawn into the world of local politics, only to discover that the...

A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki...

After winning big at the races, Torajiro Kuruma wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii to partly pay the great filial debt he feels he...

1957 Japanese movie.

This story takes place at a school under the new educational system. It all began when a love letter addressed to Takeshi Kodama, the straightforward...

The story follows a man haunted by debt and crime, who flees with his mistress on a tense journey marked by betrayals and desperate choices. The film...

A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.

University students Sudo and Mori make money by picking up rich girls in dance clubs and conning them into giving them cash. Mori is the brains of...

Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys serving him tea, despite the fact that...

1962 Japanese movie

The four kinds of love that Yuriko experiences, namely, a childhood longing love, a dream of marriage, a maternal love, and a destined love between...

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just...

An old woman has died and her widower with dementia confesses to killing her. After this, the story goes back in time to show the events leading up...