Yuriko Hanabusa Movies

1962 Japanese movie

Battles of an average salaryman.

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...

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a...

A food company president is promoted to chairman, but his continued involvement creates leadership confusion.

Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope...

One of the earliest Japanese cop films following a mysterious killing on the last train to Mitaka, Tokyo.

After learning that he has accidentally killed a man in a fight, Unokichi must look after the man's pregnant widow.

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

The Blue Pearl depicts the interplay between a young man from Tokyo and two ama (pearl divers; literally “women of the sea”) in a...

In 1930s Tokyo, the energetic Enoken and his ragtag group of friends navigate a series of chaotic misadventures involving romance and poverty.

Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War...

Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl.

The story of a certain engineer from his youth until he retired from the Japanese National Railways after the war .

It was supposed to be about a love story, but it was and was not. An aircraft mechanic working for the government is matched by his boss with the...

A story of unhappy youths and the perils of lack of sex education.

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

Retired police inspector Kurusu is vacationing at a seaside hotel when one night he hears a child's screaming...but there are no children staying in...

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