Shūji Sano Movies

In the movies of those times, you can see young boys in the company scene often. Those boys were called kyuji (給仕), which means...

A penniless orphan loses the woman he loves, when her family arranges a marriage to a wealthy playboy. He believes she was blinded by greed, and...

The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard. This part is...

The beautiful widow of the Yang family of the Great Chinese emperor of French Indochina, Yoshiran, was originally a Japanese woman named Hina...

1945 Japanese movie

Japanese youth film.

A nurse's tale of self-sacrifice during wartime. The title is borrowed from a patriotic song made popular by singer Hamako Watanabe during the Second...

Otami and daughter Yuri run the Matsuoka, a 150-year-old Japanese-style inn in Tokyo which they plan to renovate into a modern hotel before the...

Also known as Crazy Uproar.

A touching story of pure love and tears between a boy and a girl, drawn by the innocent duo of Chieko Baisho and Shinichiro Mikami, based on "Nagashi...

Melodrama based on a novel by Yukio Mishima.

1962 Japanese movie. Remake of the 1939 movie

Shinsaku was once a renowned playwright, has now been left behind by journalism and is living a lethargic life in Oiso. His family is concerned with...

1962 Japanese movie

During college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is tested when one of them becomes involved with a woman...

1962 Japanese movie

An older sister and brother (Mieko Takamine and Masayoshi Otsuka) come to visit their grandfather (Takeshi Sakamoto) who lives deep in the mountains....

Shigeo is an aspiring writer living with his girl friend Minako and hoping for success and a better tomorrow every day. Both live on what Minako...

A lost film by Masahiro Makino