Kumeko Urabe Movies

This drama of middle-class life in postwar Japan tells the story lower-middle-class workers in the city of Kawasaki, and their troubles and travails.

Japanese comedy film.

A Chinese medical student named Gan Shosho finds himself cut off from his homeland as he is studying in Japan during the outbreak of the war. Despite...

The days leading up to a toddler's second birthday are seen alternately from the child's point of view as well as that of his parents.

Bungo becomes a single parent when his wife leaves him because of his drinking and gambling. Deciding to quit his vices, he works menial jobs,...

1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Comedy drama by Kon Ichikawa

The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job to her ending up as a prostitute.

When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his...

In the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko Onuma spends time with Tsuruko, his lover. One night,...

Japanese prison exploitation movie. Part 1 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

Kosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New Year’s Day. The investigators try to find the cause...

A sensitive young woman aged 22 fell in love with a middle aged man who was troubled by his unfaithful wife.

Jiro, a smooth-talking, womanizing bartender, flees from a Yakuza boss to Yanagase.

The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who runs a small restaurant, and his son is in love...

The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The film tells about the difficult relationship between the...

1959 adaptation of Junichiro Tanizaki's novel.

Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in postwar Japan.