Jūkichi Uno Movies

Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely...

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a...

Heartwarming story of an ambitious girl who becomes a concert pianist with the help of her musician father.

A family is slowly falling apart: the father is absent from the start, the mother a kept woman thanks to her children, the son is being cheated on by...

1950 film directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

Film directed by Eichi Koishi and starring Wakao Ayako

Japanese drama.

Akiko Hojo, a nurse at Aisei Catholic Hospital, is spending another public holiday at Kotaro Hidaka's house. Hidaka, who is a poor musician suffers...

Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob.

A film set in Nagasaki examining prejudice against atom bomb victims.

A jewelry store president begins to fall for the doctor treating her husband's illness.

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...

A family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.

Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko...

After her mother's funeral, Yuriko, dressed in mourning clothes, sees off her lover Shintaro as he leaves in the powdery snow, and resolves to part...

Adaptation of Jirō Osaragi's novel.

When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his children into unsatisfying marriages and careers in...