Nobuko Otowa Movies

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

Natsuko’s daughter Saori is born blind in 1941, just before her father is drafted. Despite an attempted surgery and years of struggle, her...

A woman looks after her father in law.

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...

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....

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

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

Kantaro, known as a rowdy boy in the town of Ina, attacked the local boss, Kaneoni's Arahira, all by himself, but was defeated by a large group of...

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

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...

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...

One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his...

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

Tradition and modernity clash when a young woman inherits a sweet-making firm in Kyoto.

1954 Japanese movie

The film consists of three short stories. Tomiko, the heroine of the first story, "The Flower Girl" (dir. Kozaburo Yoshimura), is a little girl who...