Tsutomu Shimomoto Movies

Satsuo Yamamoto's filmic depiction of the famous 1949 Matsukawa Incident.

Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope...

In the dying months of the Meiji era, a sympathetic student befriends a married couple, but soon realizes they share a curiously strained...

Terasaki, the new history teacher at the Senior High School, finds encouragement in the words of his Principal. "There are no bad children in this...

A father gives his four daughters his substantial retirement allowance on the stipulation that they leave him alone, as he wants some freedom. Each...

1950s Japanese drama.

1962 Japanese movie

Based on the Seichō Matsumoto's story The Woman Who Took the Local Paper.

One of Sayuri Yoshinaga's first leading roles.

When a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine how and why he lost his life. The investigation...

Just before the end of the war, Japanese soldier Kitani is released from prison, having served his term for theft. Told in flashback, viewers learn...

A boy who dreams of being a yakuza leader is reformed by a girl's pure love for him.

Japanese drama

Ayako (Sayuri Yoshinaga) is a free-willed college girl who shares a room with Takako and Kimie. They each have a clear vision of what they want from...

A romance of a pure young lover and his heartbreak for a beautiful older woman.

A human drama that rethinks what it means to be a family through the images of a couple, parent and child whose paths have crossed.

Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman who...

Across the Inagawa River that runs through the center of the village, the children of the two villages scrambled for a swimming pool, and each time a...