Isao Kimura Movies

Satoko is a mistress by trade or fate: when her master, the silkscreen artist of the Kohoan Temple in Kyoto, dies, she is given to the temple's...

Onna Hitori Daichi wo Yuku (A Lonely Woman in a Lonely Land, Kinuta Production, 1953) was the second feature film directed by Kamei Fumio, who is...

A story of a passionate teacher and his great effort for the children in a poor village.

An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.

A college graduate falls in love with a woman during a business trip in Hokkaido

Japanese comedy film.

Based on the Nobu Koito story

When two sisters fall in love with the same man, one must decide to look elsewhere.

A touching story depicting the harsh lives of farmers in Kasumigaura. An attempt to start a fishery business to revive an ailing farming community...

This movie is based on an immortal literary work "The Snow Country," a story about a life of geisha Komako who lives in a region with heavy snowfalls.

A young man, convicted of a crime and imprisoned in the penitentiary, comes to believe that his wife is being unfaithful to him. He contrives his...

Woman private eye Emiko goes undercover to reveal the truth of a murder case.

1950s Japanese drama.

The stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with the outspoken actress Sumako Matsui, and leaves his family...