Nobuko Otowa Movies

Hideo is sold in marriage to a Japanese farmer in San Francisco to settle her family's debt. Over the next 20 years, the couple works hard and raises...

Kabuki adaptation: A princess, a figure from the literary past who anticipates a modern woman, tempts a self-righteous priest.

The final part takes Shingo into a confrontation with his friend Yagyu Katsunoshin’s uncle in a duel that could change the destiny of Japan.

Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.

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

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

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his surroundings. When his daughter Tokiko is asked to...

20th film adaptation of the novel Ono ga tsumi (published 1900-1901).

A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.

Comedy based on the writings of Ango Sakaguchi.

Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s 1952...

A well-respected drama teacher confesses to his housekeeper that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima has left him impotent. With the coming of spring,...

Japanese drama film.

Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.

1980 Japanese film.