Nobuko Otowa Movies

The story of a teacher who comes to a village on the Inland Sea and the relationship that develops between her and her 12 pupils.

An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka...

The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown.

1962 Japanese movie

Bored Hatamoto movie #14

Otowa is a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film begins with...

Floating Vessel (源氏物語 浮舟 , Ukifune) is a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. Drawn...

A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to be driven to despair.

A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.

Comedy based on the writings of Ango Sakaguchi.

The relationship between a rich young student and his lower class friend changes when they start to live both at a guest house. Both will be...

Set in downtown Tokyo, it depicts the activities of a weak youth baseball team, the Chidori Boys, and the ordinary people who live there.

The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel...

In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts...

Japanese comedy film.