Hajime Sugiyama Movies

Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and one girl's dreams of higher education.

Kiroku boards with a Roman Catholic family and falls for the daughter Michiko. He ignores his feelings, joins a gang, gets in fights and, eventually,...

Like a girl runaway, Tsuyu moves to Osaka to work as a bar hostess. She meets the owner of a model school, Yoko, and seriously thinks about becoming...

Kenichi and Satoru join up with three other electric music lovers to form their own band, "The Young and Fresh."

A young girl knows that she is going to die and in this she is supported by the devotion of the boy who loves her. They originally met at the...

This rarely seen gem from master Suzuki casts teenage heartthrob Koji Wada as a young misfit who suddenly finds himself the unwitting pawn in an...

A college student takes over the family business in the field of organised crime.

Mitsuo Hayama, who is preparing for his entrance examinations, secretly plans to take a trip with his classmate Akira, alone and undisturbed. Noriko...

Heartwarming story of an ambitious girl who becomes a concert pianist with the help of her musician father.

Japanese crime film

Young Mariko is torn between two admirers, Natsukawa and Rikizo.

1961 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

1965 Nikkatsu youth film.

The story follows Misako Kitaoka, a junior college graduate and Nitto Lease sales department employee, as she grows through work, love, and...

1962 Japanese movie

In 1943, Japan is amidst the Pacific War. Sobei Sonoda is one of the wealthiest landowners of the San'in region. His land spread for miles, as far as...

1962 Japanese movie

A coming-of-age drama based on a novel by Kei Moriyama.

Musical actress Noriko feels frustrated by the futility of her affair with a married man. Then she is offered a role in a new production that appears...