Haruko Sugimura Movies

"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...

1945 Japanese movie

Ebihara is a budding novelist entangled in a complicated web of relationships with three women from three different generations: Kazue, a coquettish...

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...

A divorced woman enters a marriage arranged by her mother in exchange for money to save the life of her seriously ill son.

An episodic film about life in and around a rural police station and the people it serves.

Woman melodrama by Shiro Toyoda

An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both...

1945 Japanese movie

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

1945 Japanese movie

A story of an ardent young man who laid down his life for his country.

Drama about a young nurse who falls in love with a disabled soldier, and based a true story.

Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their...

Heitaro, who had served his firm loyally for 30 years, reaches the retirement age. He has four unmarried daughters and decides to split his...

Kanae, who broke up with her husband and moved to her uncle's house, met two men when her father, a university professor, collapsed. Michihara, a...

A small-town boy with a learning disability attempts to fit in with his classmates.

An early Japanese sound film, notable for being the only Japanese film ever to use the Western Electric Sound System. Contrary to most Western...