Kimiyo Ōtsuka

Twenty-Four Eyes

From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoun...

Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp

Tora-san, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but reconnects with...

Tora-san's Runaway

After an encounter with a dying yakuza's son and at his sister Sakura's urging, Torajiro attempts to change his...

The Genealogy of Women

A melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is apparently the first...

Farewell to Dream

A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becomi...

The Lights of Asakusa

Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop for Shimazu'...

Ai to kanashimi to

1962 Japanese movie

Tora-san's Shattered Romance

Torajiro becomes homesick during his travels after watching a television report about his hometown and meeting...

Zero Focus

One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never...

Tora-san's Grand Scheme

After winning big at the races, Torajiro Kuruma wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii to partly...

Rainbow Over Paris

A young composer falls in love with the beautiful daughter of a wealthy company president and flies to Paris wh...

Okoto and Sasuke

A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manserv...

ある落日

Men vs. Women

A musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of the era.

Shisha to no kekkon

A case of mistaken identity in which a woman assumes the role of widow to a man killed in a train accident.

Zoku aizen katsura

1939 Japanese movie

Modan dôchû: Sono koi matta nashi

A road trip comedy set against the backdrop of the famous historical sites of Tohoku and Hokkaido.

The Trio's Engagements

Three men vying for the same job end up chasing the same girl in this comedy-drama from noted Japanese director...

Surging Waves

Introspection Tower

A reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The teachers and caretaker...

Crimson Bat - Oichi: Wanted, Dead or Alive

Oichi the Blind helps a woman escape the clutches of a high government official to go off with the man she love...

Utsukushiki Rinjin

Flame and the Code

Nobuko

A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching me...

Ano hito wa ima

1963 Japanese movie

The Golden Demon

A penniless orphan loses the woman he loves, when her family arranges a marriage to a wealthy playboy. He belie...

New Woman Question and Answer

Jie attended a women's university with the financial support of her geisha sister Oha and became a lawyer. The...

Sayonara ressha

1966 Japanese movie

Mother's Love Letter

Domestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband taking place in a family-run judo school.

Haigo no hito

Mother of the East

Japanese drama from 1934. A major production of Shochiku Studio, directed by Hiroshi Shimizu.