Shigeru Ogura Movies

In Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mountainous Izu to Tokyo.

A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.

A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.

Japanese mystery film.

Gosho’s most celebrated film both in Japan and the West, Where Chimneys Are Seen is perhaps the most compelling example of his concern for, and...

A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.

In Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the return of her ex-husband, who fathered the child and...

A high-born woman named Okuni travels around the country with Gohei, a samurai retainer who is in service to her. They are in search of Tomonojo, who...

Oiwa has been searching for the one who killed her father for a long time. She comes to Yedo and sees a man named Naosuke. The film is based on the...

Buntaro, the president of a food trading company got tired of the day-to-day routine of life. The new secretary, Nobuko, suggested her "shacho-san"...

Japanese film about motorcycle racing.

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their...

Early pinku.

After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his illness, Hirate Miki becomes a ronin who winds up...

Comedy-horror film by Masaki Môri.

Domestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband taking place in a family-run judo school.

A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.

Japanese sports comedy film about kendo.