Haruko Sugimura Movies

  • 1995
    The Written Face

    The Written Face

    The Written Face

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    In Japanese theater, women's roles are traditionally played by men. The man playing the woman's role, the Onnagata, does not imitate the woman, as in...

    The Written Face
  • 1946
    A Descendant of Urashima Taro

    A Descendant of Urashima Taro

    A Descendant of Urashima Taro

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    Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who...

    A Descendant of Urashima Taro
  • 1955
    She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

    She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

    She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum

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    On the way back to his childhood home, a septuagenarian man recalls his childhood and adolescence, in particular his love for a young woman.

    She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum
  • 1952
    Forbidden Path

    Forbidden Path

    Forbidden Path

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    Forbidden Path
  • 1966
    The Daphne

    The Daphne

    The Daphne

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    Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their...

    The Daphne
  • 1947
    Spring Awakens

    Spring Awakens

    Spring Awakens

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    Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl.

    Spring Awakens
  • 1953
    Reminiscence

    Reminiscence

    Reminiscence

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    Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s 1952...

    Reminiscence
  • 1961
    The Gambler's Code

    The Gambler's Code

    The Gambler's Code

    6.51961HD

    One of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who finds that he must take care of the wife and child of...

    The Gambler's Code
  • 1955
    The Romance of Yushima

    The Romance of Yushima

    The Romance of Yushima

    61955HD

    Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after...

    The Romance of Yushima
  • 1974
    The Fossil

    The Fossil

    The Fossil

    6.81974HD

    An industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is on a trip to Europe at the time, and a glimpse of a Japanese woman in that setting causes...

    The Fossil
  • 1965
    With Beauty and Sorrow

    With Beauty and Sorrow

    With Beauty and Sorrow

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    When the man who seduced the famous painter Otoko as a teenager--and then wrote a bestselling novel about it--reappears in her life, her pupil--and...

    With Beauty and Sorrow
  • 1960
    The Woman Who Touched Legs

    The Woman Who Touched Legs

    The Woman Who Touched Legs

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    Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act. Instead, he listens to the...

    The Woman Who Touched Legs
  • 1973
    The Petrified Forest

    The Petrified Forest

    The Petrified Forest

    6.51973HD

    Follows a young med student's relationships with two women: a dangerous affair with a childhood friend and his mother's struggle to rebuild their...

    The Petrified Forest
  • 1954
    The Story of Shunkin

    The Story of Shunkin

    The Story of Shunkin

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    Based on the novel by Junichiro Tanizaki. Story of the beautiful blind daughter of a wealthy businessman who falls in love with a servant.

    The Story of Shunkin
  • 1954
    The Glorious Days

    The Glorious Days

    The Glorious Days

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    The Glorious Days

    The Glorious Days
  • 1974
    Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

    Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

    Akumyo: Notorious Dragon

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    About small-time gangster Asakichi's chaotic life in the 1930s. His gambling addiction means that he must not continue working in the family...

    Akumyo: Notorious Dragon
  • 1948
    Temptation

    Temptation

    Temptation

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    A young lawyer falls in love with the daughter of his former professor, whom he's hired to tutor his children.

    Temptation
  • 1951
    Freedom School

    Freedom School

    Freedom School

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    Minamimura, who had always wanted to be free, suddenly quits his job. His hardworking wife is surprised and angry, and throws him out of the house....

    Freedom School
  • 1962
    The Broken Commandment

    The Broken Commandment

    The Broken Commandment

    6.61962HD

    Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting against such...

    The Broken Commandment
  • 1961
    The Conspirator

    The Conspirator

    The Conspirator

    6.41961HD

    Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga,...

    The Conspirator