Sadako Sawamura Movies

Film about poet Ishikawa Takuboku

Set in the 1860s, the final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, The Fireflies focuses on Tose (Awashima Chikage), the mistress of the Teradaya, a small...

On a quiet spring day in the suburbs, a stray dog found the corpse of a baby. Three days after his death, the blood group of the victim was...

Two brothers move to their grandfather's house after their father is drafted and play war games with their new classmates.

The daughter of a former Miss Universe winner finds success as a fashion model in Tokyo following the death of her fiancé.

Master swordsman, Tsukue Ryunosuke is confronted by the families of his victims. Will justice be served for the lost innocent lives? The conclusion...

Amid management shakeups and arranged marriage plans at Sekai Electric, an executive couple tries to support a young woman’s relationship with...

A drummer falls for a pawnbroker's daughter.

1956 Japanese movie

A motley cast of characters, including a human billboard and a shoeshine girl, help a 5 year old girl after she is separated from her mother on the...

Shot mostly in Tokyo, this comedy depicts two Chinese tourists who have travelled from their country to Japan in order to experience the latter...

The life of a toilet-seller during the Japanese Economic Miracle.

Hideko, a young Baseball fan, determined to cheer for her favourite baseball team by creating a new song for them.

A masterpiece of life sketches overflowing with heartwarming affection and laughter that portrays the modern common people with humor and pathos,...

1962 Japanese movie

Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza. When he hears that his mother may be living in...

1962 Japanese movie

1961 Japanese movie

Following Flower Picking Diary (1939), Tamizo directed another film starring Hideko Takamine, based on a story by Nobuko Yoshiya. Takamine plays a...