Yuriko Hanabusa Movies

A "slice-of life" film about a group of high school girls in 1940s Japan.

Based on an original story by Yojiro Ishizaka, this well-made drama is set in a Christian school in a beautiful northern harbor town. Teacher Masaki...

Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in...

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...

A melodrama in which two lovers reunite after a long journey through life.

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

Dr Sogawa is considering making his son, Taro, take over the family business, but Taro is completely absorbed in music. Nevertheless, he makes him...

The First Investigation Department is investigating a murder case that took place at a government agency, with particular attention to finding an...

Released on the same date as Shochiku's version.

Teruo gets caught up in a conflict between tradition and modernism after returning to Japan from Germany after having spent a number of years there...

A food company undergoes leadership changes, with younger staff rising to key roles.

A salaryman's drunken ravings in public attract the attention of journalists who coerce him into telling them his life's story.

Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko...

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...