Tanie Kitabayashi Movies

Otowa is a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film begins with...

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just...

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...

When a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine how and why he lost his life. The investigation...

Japanese drama film.

Kikuji is the scion of an Osaka merchant family whose traditional power is matrilineal. Instructed by his overbearing mother and grandmother to give...

Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.

A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the press, she posts a bounty upon herself.

Aya successfully stages a fashion show in Osaka and in the train on her way home to Tokyo accidentally treads on a man's foot. The man whose name is...

A heartwarming depiction of the episode behind the birth of "Golden Bat," a picture story show that was overwhelmingly popular with children in 1935.

The life in a small village in Shikoku and the love story between two young people.

Yamazaki Ryotaro is an Olympics' athlete and an asset. He accepts two jobs and responsibilities that are thrust upon him. One involves a a painting...

A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.

A high school boy and girl in the midst of their youth try to get their parents to remarry.

Bittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura

Not too long ago, Soichiro was considered one of the most powerful men in business. But his business had failed, his granddaughter had committed...

A five year old boy leaves his mother and grandparents to see his father who has gone to work in Osaka.