Haruko Sugimura Movies

Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting against such...

1962 Japanese movie

The tragedy of the geiko girl Ume and the men who try to pursue her.

The year is 1936. Ōhinata-mura was a very poor village between deep valleys. Soncho, the village head is trying to collect the village taxes...

Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their...

A female doctor's story of her life in an isolated leper colony.

1945 Japanese movie

TV drama based off the play of the same name by Yukio Mishima.

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.

When Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the samurai Kochiyama Soshun agrees to assist.

In Japanese theater, women's roles are traditionally played by men. The man playing the woman's role, the Onnagata, does not imitate the woman, as in...

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

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

Drama about a young nurse who falls in love with a disabled soldier, and based a true story.

The investigative unit of the Metropolitan Police Department organized a special investigative team to uncover a series of frequent gang robberies...

A young lawyer falls in love with the daughter of his former professor, whom he's hired to tutor his children.

An episodic film about life in and around a rural police station and the people it serves.