Sumiko Abe Movies

A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police.

A woman believing to be a legendary immortal nun attracts people looking for answers to their life struggles.

Brothers Koji and Seitaro Hatana, belong to the "outcast" caste. Despite their personal qualities—intelligence and fairness—they...

Second part to "River Without a Bridge" (1969)

A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane...

Based on the novel by Kojin Shimomura. Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life is shattered by the illness and death...

Famed detective Dandy Sashichi tries to solve who's behind the serial murders of six beautiful women under the aegis of local showman Ibaragiya. The...

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese comedy film.

1977 Japanese film directed by Tengo Yamada.

The long-awaited haymaking season has arrived on the island of Honshu. Work is in full swing in the fields, with young and old alike toiling away....

Youth drama

Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys serving him tea, despite the fact that...

When her only relative, her elder brother is accused of robbing and murdering an old woman loan-shark, pretty, young Kiriko travels from her home in...

A group of ne'er-do-wells live happily in the slums of what is now Tokyo and have a number of adventures: they get drunk and go whoring, revenge...

Based on the novel by Yoshie Hotta

Japanese film about motorcycle racing.

Nobuo Nakagawa's Shintoho period drama adapted by Kikuo Kitagawa from the original story by Kazutora Fujishima, which borrowed the structure of...