Shizue Natsukawa Movies

Nobuo is a hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past.

A reporter Takuo, who is sleeping in the newspaper room of the Maichō newspaper company, receives a sudden report from a reporter that the...

Film directed by Seiji Hisamatsu and starring Wakao Ayako

A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. She returns to her family home while they rent out...

Adaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.

Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been...

Story of young love in the hills.

A young widow, made world weary by her abusive, neglectful husband, finds herself in a minor scandal when she's seen with her intense, no-nonsense...

1972 Japanese film directed by Tengo Yamada.

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

A young yakuza, Yatappe, wanders around the country in search of his long-lost little sister, Oito. While traveling, he rescues a young girl, Osayo,...

One day, Reiko, who is engaged, meets a young man named Kondo, and she likes him, although she has a fiancé. On top of this, Reiko, suffering...

Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

The Nakata family, father, mother, son Hideo, and daughters Taeko and Akiko live in the poorer section of modern Tokyo. Their troubles start when the...

1962 Japanese movie

Shochiku's commemorative 3000th film production; a suspenseful period drama.

Directed by Eizo Tanaka.