Nobuko Otowa Movies

Kabuki adaptation: A princess, a figure from the literary past who anticipates a modern woman, tempts a self-righteous priest.

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

The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel...

In 1943, critical developments in the Pacific War have placed Japan at a disadvantage, although the fiery breaths of war hadn't yet reached Okinawa...

Takeshi Yasui, a junior high school student is found dead in a river. The police investigate it as a murder related to bullying. The dead boy turns...

The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.

In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets an unmarried teacher...

A film adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same title, starring Muga Takewaki and Yoko Shimada. Set in Japan at the end of the war, the...

After a mine collapses and leaves her husband employed, Fumiko moves to Kyoto with her daughter Kimiko and becomes a hostess.

1962 Japanese movie

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

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.

A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to be driven to despair.

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

A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.

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...

Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s 1952...