Kumeko Otowa Movies

Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any future in her mother's trade...

Masako, the daughter of an impoverished itinerant tinsmith, wins a grammar school composition contest with an essay about her neighborhood. The much...

Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.

1962 Japanese movie

Adaptation of a novel by Nobuko Yoshiya that was serialized in "Shufu no tomo" between 1939 and 1940.

Japanese film based on the life of writer Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896).

Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the...

Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and clean for her husband.

Japanese horror thriller from 1969.

What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy...

Two hyper-competitive salarymen let their workplace rivalry spill over into their private lives, as both men try to one-up each other on a luxurious...

Office worker Kanako takes a trip to Nanki Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture as part of a travel agency project to reunite with her first love. She...

1950s Japanese comedy.

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.

Japanese comedy film.

1940 Japanese movie