Kumeko Urabe Movies

The tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The Shark," a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, despite being a father and...

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.

A youthful film filled with youth and passion, set against the backdrop of the ocean and filled with admiration for a dynamic young man and the heart...

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

1954 Japanese movie

Sequel to "Irresponsible Age of Japan".

Gangsters Ken and Maki are rivals in the ticket-scalping game. They make an uneasy truce, but Ken wrecks the truce by agreeing to fix a boxing match...

Japanese comedy film.

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...

Tokyo, 1890. Through avarice, a series of misunderstandings, and failures of courage, the engagement of Kan-ichi (a student) and Miya (the daughter...

Taki no Shiraito is a very independent young woman with a famous water juggling act in a travelling carnival troupe. She falls in love with an...

1960 Toei film.

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki

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

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

Japanese comedy film.

1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

1962 Japanese movie