Masao Oda Movies

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...

Japanese drama film.

1962 Japanese movie

Story of romance and rivalry between two ad agencies vying for the same account with a pharmaceutical firm.

Five boys escape from their life of bondage on an island 10 miles off Hiroshima, and are picked up in the Inland Sea, drifting in an open boat.

When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous...

An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.

A laid-back man tries to become a member of the yakuza.

A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns...

An investigation into a drug smuggler who is assassinated in front of an insurance building sets two detectives, Sumikawa and Akine, into a sprawling...

A semi-documentary story about the vicissitudes in the life of an elderly fisherman.

Based on the novel of the same name by Seichô Matsumoto.

Three Iga ninja are on a hunt for Chidoken, a Takeda ninja sent out to assasinate Lord Nobunaga.

A botanist woos the secretary of an industrialist whose company threatens the local water supply.

Japanese drama.

The Wayside Pebble is an effective drama about the hardships of a childhood spent with a brusque, cold-hearted father and a submissive mother. The...

A taxi driver hits a woman on the streets. He takes care of her while she gets better. While realizing they're both at a brink in their lives they'll...

1962 Japanese movie

One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to...