Haruko Sugimura Movies

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

One of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who finds that he must take care of the wife and child of...

"Youth After School" takes Tokyo and Kyoto as the stage, and tells the story of a family that develops around the daughter's marriage. The play was...

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

After the death of a colleague, the workers at a factory form a labor union.

The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined...

Inochi uruwashi

When the man who seduced the famous painter Otoko as a teenager--and then wrote a bestselling novel about it--reappears in her life, her pupil--and...

On the way back to his childhood home, a septuagenarian man recalls his childhood and adolescence, in particular his love for a young woman.

A film adaptation of Rikuo Honjo's novel "Ishikari River".

Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is...

1962 Japanese movie

Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.

This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II. The...

Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting against such...

Minamimura, who had always wanted to be free, suddenly quits his job. His hardworking wife is surprised and angry, and throws him out of the house....

The Glorious Days

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...

The investigative unit of the Metropolitan Police Department organized a special investigative team to uncover a series of frequent gang robberies...