Nobuko Otowa Movies

In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and...

In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts...

Bored Hatamoto movie #14

1954 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

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...

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.

Based on the novel by Toyoko Yamazaki.

Comedy based on the writings of Ango Sakaguchi.

When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre...

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

1980 Japanese film.

Takeshi Yasui, a junior high school student is found dead in a river. The police investigate it as a murder related to bullying. The dead boy turns...

A jewelry store president begins to fall for the doctor treating her husband's illness.

An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka...

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