Kumeko Urabe Movies

Based on the famous novel by Junichiro Tanizaki, this is a story of the four sisters of the ancient and reputable Makioka family of Osaka.

Part 2 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

Kazuko and Umeko have been friends since college. They are modern businesswomen who have many obligations in life and are not ready for marriage....

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...

A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.

In a village subsisting on its herring fishery, a one-eyed criminal named Jakoman terrorizes the inhabitants. One of them, the son of the head of one...

Group of women escape Chinese controlled area for Japanese occupied lands during Pacific War.

Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act. Instead, he listens to the...

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

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...

1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

A film adaptation of the novel of the same title written by Hiroshi Hatayama (畑山博).

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...

Fukazawa Shino is a prostitute in the late Meiji period. Shino was deceived by Tatsukichi and sold. One day Shino came to like a thief (Yoshioka) who...

This drama of middle-class life in postwar Japan tells the story lower-middle-class workers in the city of Kawasaki, and their troubles and travails.

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...

Lonely and love-stricken high-school student Hiroki pursues a girl, but another one mysteriously appears in his life. Is she a figment of his psyche,...