Kumeko Urabe Movies

Shizuko Kasagi and Hideko Takamine star as young women who try to raise money for a needy old friend by becoming wandering singers who work for tips...

1963 Japanese movie

The tragic, true story about Hachikō, an Akita dog who was loyal to his master, Professor Ueno, even after Ueno's death.

Jesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spread Christianity.

When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his...

1945 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

A young man leaves his widowed mother on her improverished farm and makes his career in the Japanese navy.

The salaryman is the object of admiration in the world. Because there is no more carefree job than this, this cheerful song comedy is set to the hit...

Hibari no komoriuta (ひばりの子守唄, literally "Hibari's Lullaby") is a 1951 black-and-white Japanese film...

1945 Japanese movie

The days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point of view as well as that of his parents.

The girl students of rival junior high schools stage duels and show a curious interest in sexual pastimes.

A hospital melodrama where the conflict between love and friendship rules the faith of the protagonists.

A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town. Before he...

The romantic struggles of three close friends who came back from the war.

The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunctional family who have been trying to arrange a...

Japanese war film.

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...

Part 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series