Nobuko Otowa Movies

Nobuko Otowa plays a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film...

The lives of a family of kelp (kombu) merchants in Osaka across three generations, spanning from the Meiji era through the aftermath of World War II.

A beautiful but sad romantic melodrama about three sisters who are uninhibited, pure and lovely, and who stand tall like the peaks of a place that...

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

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...

After years of living a comfortable existence as a housewife, Aki starts to suspect that her husband is hiding something.

Kawasaki, a high school student from Ichiko, walks along a mountain path toward Amagi and encounters a troupe of traveling performers. He becomes...

Bored Hatamoto movie #14

Based on the story "Tokyo Station" by Tsunehiko Sagawa.

A Japanese film from 1965, directed by Shirô Toyoda.

A touching story of pure love and tears between a boy and a girl, drawn by the innocent duo of Chieko Baisho and Shinichiro Mikami, based on "Nagashi...

1980 Japanese film.

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

A film adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same title, starring Muga Takewaki and Yoko Shimada. Set in Japan at the end of the war, the...

A sequel to Happiness of Us Alone. This story focuses on the troubled life of the couple's adult's son, Ichiro, especially his relationship with a...

A romantic triangle comprised of two brothers in love with the same woman.

Based on "Une vie" by Guy de Maupassant