Nobuko Otowa Movies

A young woman is forced by circumstance into a loveless marriage while still in love with another. This episodic tale follows their story through...

A seasoned prosecutor uncovers the perfect crime committed by a young lawyer.

One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his...

This rare silent black & white and color Super-8 footage was shot with the camera of actor Kei Sato (Hachi in the film) during the production of...

Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope...

In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a sex worker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets a teacher and falls...

The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.

1958 Japanese movie

A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.

Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his...

The story of a teacher who comes to a village on the Inland Sea and the relationship that develops between her and her 12 pupils.

A single mother from the country raising a 6th grade boy comes to Tokyo, leaves the boy to live with his uncle's family, runs a struggling grocery...

Shuji was once a feared member of the Yakuza crime syndicate, but he's reformed his ways, abandoned his old life and left the city for a small...

The men who surround and torment the young protagonist (demanding teacher, owner of the company that rapes his own daughter, despotic and...

Tradition and modernity clash when a young woman inherits a sweet-making firm in Kyoto.

A comedy about the lives of people living in the shopping district of Osaka.

The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest. Some days later, Ueda Hiroshi, a 19-year-old...

Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their...

An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It travels around the...