Shūji Sano Movies

Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been...

Battles of an average salaryman.

A group of shady politicians want to make money after a typhoon by claiming the schoolhouse has been destroyed and then cashing in on building a new...

1954 Theater of Life adaptation.

A penniless orphan loses the woman he loves, when her family arranges a marriage to a wealthy playboy. He believes she was blinded by greed, and...

Coming of age/high school sports drama.

A suspense comedy about thieves starring Kazuo Funaki.

Film about the life of a bitter female reporter with a pure heart.

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...

Shigeo is an aspiring writer living with his girl friend Minako and hoping for success and a better tomorrow every day. Both live on what Minako...

Episode in the life of a composer of a popular Japanese song.

Japanese drama.

In the 15th year of the Meiji era (1882), Ōkuma Shigenobu, expelled from the Council of State by the Satsuma-Chōshō clique, poured his...

A film about the rivalry between Captain Gondo and the harpooner Yosuke Yamagami, working on the best whaling ship Hayabusa Maru. One day they will...

The Yoshikawa family is a typical small town family. With only the father's and daughter's salaries to support the family's six members, life is not...

1962 Japanese movie

Melodrama based on a novel by Yukio Mishima.