Nobuko Otowa Movies

Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman who...

A woman looks after her father in law.

Bored Hatamoto movie #14

Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his...

In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and...

After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life...

Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their...

Hama-chan shows up to work with his son on his back when his wife goes to her class reunion and his mother throws her back out.

The ship Kaijin Maru is left adrift after losing all means of navigation in a storm. The four people on the ship are becoming increasingly desperate...

Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a moving look at the lives of women of tenacity and...

Based on the novel by Toyoko Yamazaki.

Kabuki adaptation: A princess, a figure from the literary past who anticipates a modern woman, tempts a self-righteous priest.

A villager's family is ostracized after he makes an accusation of rigged elections

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

Comedy based on the writings of Ango Sakaguchi.

Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.

The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.