Fumiko Okamura Movies

Young boys learn survival skills on a remote island and rescue a girl abducted by a gang of foreigners.

Light-hearted samurai comedy. The second son of a feudal lord runs away from an arranged marriage. He saves the life of a princess whom he gets to...

Adaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a hospital, depicts the love lives of the director's...

1939 Japanese movie

Taisuke is kind-hearted but overall lacks ambition. Taizo is smarter, but given to fits of emotion and impulsive violence. The samurai brothers fight...

Japanese silent film from 1929.

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

The brothers of Children In The Wind deal with declining family fortunes: they must work when the father becomes sick, and eventually live with their...

Two high school girls, Ruri and Yumi, go to Kyoto on a school trip, here they get acquainted with Hinagiku, there are many adventures ahead of the...

An Ishiro Honda film.

1961 Japanese movie

Could I But Live

A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo

A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching methods.

Inoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to have worked mostly in period films, often with big...

Shimizu Jirocho, the president, manages two businesses: Izumo Kanko-sha and the group inn "Daikokuya." There is a system where customers from Izumo...

A young woman tries to keep her family together after her father disowns her sister.

A college student comes to a wealthy family as a tutor for their son, an elementary school student, he cheerfully encourages his student, captivates...