Shūji Sano Movies

Melodrama based on a novel by Yukio Mishima.

A film about the rivalry between Captain Gondo and the harpooner Yosuke Yamagami, working on the best whaling ship Hayabusa Maru. One day they will...

A group of shady politicians want to make money after a typhoon by claiming the schoolhouse has been destroyed and then cashing in on building a new...

The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard. This part is...

1962 Japanese movie. Remake of the 1939 movie

Otami and daughter Yuri run the Matsuoka, a 150-year-old Japanese-style inn in Tokyo which they plan to renovate into a modern hotel before the...

1962 Japanese movie

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...

A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.

Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga,...

A young girl moves to Tokyo and endures the rivalries between other high school girls of varying cultural and economic backgrounds.

Romantic comedy

1962 Japanese movie

A suspense comedy about thieves starring Kazuo Funaki.

33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 19-year-old innocent young wife. After graduating...

A professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokiko, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Despite being a minor, Setsuko is a...

A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. She returns to her family home while they rent out...

The four kinds of love that Yuriko experiences, namely, a childhood longing love, a dream of marriage, a maternal love, and a destined love between...