Shūji Sano

Edogawa Rampo no bijo shirīzu

Taikouki

Based on the life of Hideyoshi Toyotomi (February 2, 1537 – September 18, 1598) a Sengoku period daimyo who uni...

Kininaru Yomesan

A bride arrives at the Shimizu household, where the seven members of the family live as they please. However, t...

Early Summer

In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, he...

There Was a Father

Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor...

Spring Dreams

When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are...

Sudden Rain

Fumiko and Ryōtarō Namiki's marriage has gone stale, with both constantly arguing over what to do on a day off,...

Typhoon Furor

A group of shady politicians want to make money after a typhoon by claiming the schoolhouse has been destroyed...

All is Well

The Sands of Kurobe

Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transport...

Carmen Comes Home

A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware that she has b...

A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness

A rookie golfer must cope with the stress of fame after a marketing executive transforms her into a sports cele...

Tokyo Omnibus

The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who runs a small...

A Hen in the Wind

Tokiko patiently awaits her husband's return from WWII when her four-year old son falls ill. She takes him to t...

Pretty Devil Yoko

Easily bored, but still innocent and naive countryside girl discovers partying in Tokyo is a ton of fun. Yakuza...

Army

Though plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his family's longstandi...

Till Tomorrow Is

Natsuko’s daughter Saori is born blind in 1941, just before her father is drafted. Despite an attempted surgery...

The Snowy Heron

The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, he...

Mole Alley

33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 19-year-old...

The Maid's Kid

In order to pay back Mrs. Kajiki for her good deed in the past, Hatsu moves from her village in Akita to Tokyo...

Spring Snow

The Yoshikawa family is a typical small town family. With only the father's and daughter's salaries to support...

A Star Athlete

During college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is tested when one...

So Goes My Love

Shigeo is an aspiring writer living with his girl friend Minako and hoping for success and a better tomorrow ev...

The Horse Boy

A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the child, now a...

Twice on a Certain Night

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is despera...

The Moon Has Risen

Mokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple since the war....

Aruhi watashi wa

The four kinds of love that Yuriko experiences, namely, a childhood longing love, a dream of marriage, a matern...

Maria of the Ant Village

Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic gi...

All is Well 2

What Did the Lady Forget?

A professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokiko, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osak...

The Conspirator

Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of on...

Statue in Fire

Drama about young people in the Japanese rock scene starring the lead singer of Japanese rock band The Tigers (...

Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi

A suspense comedy about thieves starring Kazuo Funaki.

Love and the Shop Curtain

Otami and daughter Yuri run the Matsuoka, a 150-year-old Japanese-style inn in Tokyo which they plan to renovat...

Moon Over the Ruins

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

Iki na fûraibô

A lost film by Masahiro Makino