Yūko Mochizuki Movies

In the middle of the period of high economic growth in Japan, a family is thrown into disarray over work, money, and romance. Their father's sudden...

A touching story depicting the harsh lives of farmers in Kasumigaura. An attempt to start a fishery business to revive an ailing farming community...

A student at a woman's university takes a controversial action against the school's old-fashioned doctrines.

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 human drama about the bond between parents and a child and family love. The daughter leaves her foster parents and ends up with her mother in...

The fourth instalment in the Life's Simple Pleasures (Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei) series.

FIlm directed by famous actress Mochizuki Yuko as part of the protest movement that was going on against the closure of several coal mines in Kyushu,...

The picture belongs to the jidai gekki (historic) genre. It is a powerful story of violence and eroticism, picturing a world at once sordid and...

A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo

Having completed the first year at his new medical practice, a doctor plans to relax on his day off. However, it is not to be: on this hectic day a...

Follows six male friends from elementary school whose career paths diverge—newspaper reporter, engineer, boxer, sushi restaurant...

Based on the novel by Kojin Shimomura. Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life is shattered by the illness and death...

Home drama about tin craftsmen and their families in downtown Tokyo. Though poor, they do not lose their cheerfulness or give in to oppression.

Three beautiful daughters grew up in a dog and cat care clinic. The eldest was named Takako (Keiko Tsushima), the second was Tsugumi (Keiko Awaji),...

The last film produced by Shintoho.

The obstinate black market trader Okyo lives together with her son Seitaro, who works as a mechanic for a bus company. She also looks after her son's...