Kumeko Otowa Movies

A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages. He is slightly crippled from frostbite in...

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip. The first entry in Toho's Sazae-san series.

1950s Japanese comedy.

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the...

Fusako, a girl raised in a geisha house, tries to escape her dark past and faces repeated heartbreaks. After an unexpected pregnancy, she has an...

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.

Japanese comedy film.

A psychological Japanese drama about a department store clerk whose fleeting encounter with a mysterious woman leads to obsession, deceit, and tragic...

Masako, the daughter of an impoverished itinerant tinsmith, wins a grammar school composition contest with an essay about her neighborhood. The much...

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

Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.

Part one of two.

Historical drama about a sleep-eyed ronin

What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy...

Japanese film based on the life of writer Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896).

This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated way, introducting its story in a...

1962 Japanese movie