Sadako Sawamura Movies

  • 1959
    Good Morning

    Good Morning

    Good Morning

    7.71959HD

    A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relationships, Good Morning tells...

    Good Morning
  • 1962
    Chûshingura

    Chûshingura

    Chûshingura

    7.11962HD

    After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their...

    Chûshingura
  • 1952
    The Life of Oharu

    The Life of Oharu

    The Life of Oharu

    7.6931952HD

    During the Edo Period, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.

    The Life of Oharu
  • 1960
    Late Autumn

    Late Autumn

    Late Autumn

    7.71960HD

    A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.

    Late Autumn
  • 1960
    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    81960HD

    Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful...

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
  • 1965
    A Fugitive from the Past

    A Fugitive from the Past

    A Fugitive from the Past

    7.31965HD

    Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity,...

    A Fugitive from the Past
  • 1957
    Untamed Woman

    Untamed Woman

    Untamed Woman

    7.41957HD

    A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive...

    Untamed Woman
  • 1956
    Street of Shame

    Street of Shame

    Street of Shame

    7.6861956HD

    Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

    Street of Shame
  • 1952
    Mother

    Mother

    Mother

    6.91952HD

    A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.

    Mother
  • 1954
    Late Chrysanthemums

    Late Chrysanthemums

    Late Chrysanthemums

    7.21954HD

    What is the life of a Geisha like once her beauty has faded and she has retired? Kin has saved, and become a wealthy money-lender, spending her days...

    Late Chrysanthemums
  • 1965
    Snow Country

    Snow Country

    Snow Country

    61965HD

    This movie is based on an immortal literary work "The Snow Country," a story about a life of geisha Komako who lives in a region with heavy snowfalls.

    Snow Country
  • 1964
    A Story from Echigo

    A Story from Echigo

    A Story from Echigo

    7.21964HD

    A sake factory worker on holiday returns to his home town, where he rapes the wife of one of his co-workers in the forest. The other man returns home...

    A Story from Echigo
  • 1941
    Horse

    Horse

    Horse

    5.81941HD

    Ine Onoda, the eldest daughter of a poor family of farmers, raises a colt from birth and comes to love the horse dearly. When the horse is grown, the...

    Horse
  • 1949
    Broken Drum

    Broken Drum

    Broken Drum

    6.71949HD

    When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his children into unsatisfying marriages and careers in...

    Broken Drum
  • 1962
    Four Sisters

    Four Sisters

    Four Sisters

    61962HD

    A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their decisions in life.

    Four Sisters
  • 1966
    Once a Rainy Day

    Once a Rainy Day

    Once a Rainy Day

    01966HD

    Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.

    Once a Rainy Day
  • 1959
    The Human Wall

    The Human Wall

    The Human Wall

    51959HD

    Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home.

    The Human Wall
  • 1964
    Sweet Sweat

    Sweet Sweat

    Sweet Sweat

    7.51964HD

    This film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo), at 36, is working in a bar, struggling valiantly to...

    Sweet Sweat
  • 1968
    The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze

    The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze

    The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze

    61968HD

    The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight...

    The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
  • 1953
    Miniature

    Miniature

    Miniature

    81953HD

    Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope...

    Miniature