Nobuko Otowa Movies

Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a moving look at the lives of women of tenacity and...

Floating Vessel (源氏物語 浮舟 , Ukifune) is a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. Drawn...

Soichi Ataka is the eldest son of Ataka family. Although mentally challenged, he's a person with a gentle heart. Soichi's wife, Kuniko is devoted to...

At Shizumoto, a geisha shop not far from Ginza, a group of geisha are going about their day, putting up a modest resistance to the tragedies of life....

The fifth "Ekimae" film set in Yokohama's Chinatown.

Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

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

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.

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

aka Libido.

Japanese comedy film.

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

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

It depicts the emotional ups and downs of a designer who runs a clothing store and her husband over the course of a summer.