Keiko Awaji Movies

  • 1949
    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog

    7.51949HD

    A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes...

    Stray Dog
  • 1960
    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    81960HD

    Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful...

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
  • 2001
    Inugami

    Inugami

    Inugami

    5.32001HD

    Akira, a teacher from Tokyo, has just arrived in a small rural town to begin his new job. Soon after arriving, he meets, and begins to fall for,...

    Inugami
  • 1954
    The Bridges at Toko-Ri

    The Bridges at Toko-Ri

    The Bridges at Toko-Ri

    5.91954HD

    A naval aviator is assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges during the Korean War.

    The Bridges at Toko-Ri
  • 1962
    Chûshingura

    Chûshingura

    Chûshingura

    7.31962HD

    After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their...

    Chûshingura
  • 1960
    Daughters, Wives and a Mother

    Daughters, Wives and a Mother

    Daughters, Wives and a Mother

    7.11960HD

    Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy. Being childless, her former...

    Daughters, Wives and a Mother
  • 2011
    Hard Romanticker

    Hard Romanticker

    Hard Romanticker

    72011HD

    Writer-director Gu Su-yeon's new film draws on his own semiautobiographical account of growing up as a delinquent zainichi Korean (Japanese-born, but...

    Hard Romanticker
  • 1988
    Downtown Heroes

    Downtown Heroes

    Downtown Heroes

    8.41988HD

    The adventures and tribulations of a group of students during the years following the II World War.

    Downtown Heroes
  • 1953
    A Japanese Tragedy

    A Japanese Tragedy

    A Japanese Tragedy

    5.61953HD

    At the close of the war in Japan, a widowed mother makes every possible sacrifice to bring up her ungrateful son and daughter who are unimpressed...

    A Japanese Tragedy
  • 1963
    A Woman's Life

    A Woman's Life

    A Woman's Life

    7.11963HD

    A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.

    A Woman's Life
  • 1966
    Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn

    Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn

    Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn

    6.61966HD

    Loyal samurai Samanosuke is attacked, mutilated, and left for dead while carrying out a mission for his clan. He recovers but has lost an eye and an...

    Sazen Tange and The Secret of the Urn
  • 1965
    Hoodlum Soldier

    Hoodlum Soldier

    Hoodlum Soldier

    7.31965HD

    A young intellectual conscientious objector is forced to serve with the Japanese army in Manchuria. He joins with a dim-witted former gangster in an...

    Hoodlum Soldier
  • 2005
    Veronika Decides to Die

    Veronika Decides to Die

    Veronika Decides to Die

    52005HD

    Towa lives in a peculiar sanatorium after committing suicide. Convalescing in sanatorium, she is informed that she has only 7 days to live. Isolated...

    Veronika Decides to Die
  • 1960
    The Blue Beast

    The Blue Beast

    The Blue Beast

    71960HD

    Tatsuya Nakadai plays a scheming low-level executive who plays labor against management and uses anyone he can to further his career in this moral...

    The Blue Beast
  • 1953
    Always in My Heart

    Always in My Heart

    Always in My Heart

    6.81953HD

    Machiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge during the Great Tokyo Air Raid in March 1945....

    Always in My Heart
  • 1963
    The Maid Story

    The Maid Story

    The Maid Story

    01963HD

    Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are...

    The Maid Story
  • 1987
    Tora-san Goes North

    Tora-san Goes North

    Tora-san Goes North

    8.71987HD

    When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged...

    Tora-san Goes North
  • 2003
    Pretty Woman

    Pretty Woman

    Pretty Woman

    02003HD

    Elderly ladies rise to the challenge of staging a play and struggle to launch a theater company. Based on the actual amateur theater company...

    Pretty Woman
  • 1957
    Black River

    Black River

    Black River

    6.91957HD

    A university student moves into an apartment building and becomes involved with a waitress. The landlord then attempts to evict the tenants and sell...

    Black River
  • 1958
    The Hotelman's Holiday

    The Hotelman's Holiday

    The Hotelman's Holiday

    01958HD

    A longtime hotel employee (Morishige) struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanese business practices.

    The Hotelman's Holiday