Yoshiko Tsubouchi
Late Spring
as KikuNoriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to...
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A Story of Floating Weeds
as OtokiAn aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and...
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Late Chrysanthemums
as uncreditedWith delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his...
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After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced...
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Forever a Woman
as Mrs. ShirakawaFumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her...
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The Only Son
as SugikoA silk factory worker is persuaded to support her son's education up to a college level despite...
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Homecoming
as uncreditedA former naval officer returns to Japan after the Second World War ends, encounters the former...
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The Munekata Sisters
as MiekoSetsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She...
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Sing, Young People
as Bar madamA story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of...
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Shiroi natsu
as uncreditedHey, please, hold me... A thrilling physical farewell gift that a pure-hearted adult received...
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Love Letter
as uncreditedA sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love...
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Wife
as Taeko NiemuraTen years into a marriage, the wife is disappointed by the husband's lack of financial success,...
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The Wolves
as uncreditedA group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of...
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Okoto and Sasuke
as uncreditedA period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her...
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Okoto and Sasuke
as Okoto's sisterA period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her...
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The Young Ace in the South Pacific
as Yukiko AritaThe 10th film in the Wakadaisho series, the Young Ace Yuichi Tanuma travels to Hawaii to train...
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Policeman's Diary
as Shizu, the motherLending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not...
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The Lights of Asakusa
as OryūPre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking...
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Frankie the Milkman
as Sanae SugiRoppeita is big in size, clumsy and full of energy. When his grandfather orders him to move out...
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Burden of Love
as KokinThe female members of the family of the Minister of Health and Welfare, who has just proposed a...
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Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi
as Hatsue's motherA young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with...
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Lover's Duet
as Tsuneko KawadaA melodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut. A remake of the 1939 film of...
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Karate Sanshiro
as uncreditedShunsuke Washimi, a member of the karate club, misunderstands the affections of Chiyo, a lodging...
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Itsuko to sono haha
as Setsuko NomuraAn elderly woman devoted to her foster-daughter searches for a good husband for her.
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Acchan no bebi gyangu
as uncreditedBased on the comic by Fuyuhiko Okabe.
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Somersault on the Way
as OitoA young boy named Chomatsu (Misora Hibari) lives with an old man Denbei near the grounds of...
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Season of the Sun
as uncreditedThe film tells the story of a group of high school boxing team members who spend their days...
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The Genealogy of Women
as Tsunaji KashiwayaA melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is...
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Song of the Underworld
as Satoko IzuA conflict between two yakuza families in Tokyo, the Izus and the Yoshidas, has recently broken...
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High School Third Graders
as uncreditedIn 1963, Funaki Kazuo's debut song of the same name was released and then it was adapted to a...
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Yabanjin no Nekutai
as uncreditedMotozo Imamura, a.k.a. Gen, grew up in an upper-class family, but he never went to school and...
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The Boss's Son at College
as Younger sister NamikoThe story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his...
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Okayo's Preparedness
as OharuA young student of traditional dance falls in love with a handsome young man who visits the...
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Rikidozan: Man of Fury
as uncreditedThe story of legendary Korean-Japanese wrestler Rikidozan.
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The Enchanting Devil
as uncreditedThriller directed by Seiji Maruyama
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Kinuyo's First Love
as uncreditedKinuyo is a daughter of rice cracker shop in downtown. She fell in love with her sister's...
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A Star Athlete
as uncreditedDuring college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is...
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祇園物語 春怨
as uncreditedThe story of a lovely "maiko" who bloomed in Gion. Three half-sisters play out a tale of tearful...
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Mother's Love Letter
as uncreditedDomestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband taking place in a family-run...
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New Woman Question and Answer
as uncreditedJie (Michiko Kuwano) attended a women's university with the financial support of her geisha...
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Burden of Life
as Takako KomiyamaA middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old...
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My Elder Brother
as Sachiko, clerkJyuta, an honest owner of a taxi company, has a younger half-brother who is involved in the...
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Eclipse
as KayoThe story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi, and...
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Tsukiyo no kasa
as uncreditedHousewives from four neighboring households casually gather at an old well at Kaneko's house in...
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Lumberjack and Lady
as OkayoA Japanese comedy from the end of the silent era (it has music) from a popular series. A feud, a...
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Osayo koisugata
as Machiko Kaga, modelThe poor novelist Yamamoto is writing his novel, determined and with a headband around his head....
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Okinu and Banto
as uncreditedA story of a store that makes Tabi socks.
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The Final Winner?
as uncreditedIn a high school, two men are fighting over a beautiful female teacher who has been assigned as...
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