Shūji Sano Movies

Coming of age/high school sports drama.

Pretty Oshige is deceived by her first love. After this, she lives a hard lifestyle, working at a number of jobs. Her only pleasure is her nephew,...

Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been...

Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves.

A touching story of pure love and tears between a boy and a girl, drawn by the innocent duo of Chieko Baisho and Shinichiro Mikami, based on "Nagashi...

During college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is tested when one of them becomes involved with a woman...

A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the child, now a stable boy, is reunited with his...

The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who runs a small restaurant, and his son is in love...

1954 Theater of Life adaptation.

1962 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

Melodrama based on a novel by Yukio Mishima.

A film about the rivalry between Captain Gondo and the harpooner Yosuke Yamagami, working on the best whaling ship Hayabusa Maru. One day they will...

Japanese drama.

A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.

1962 Japanese movie

Episode in the life of a composer of a popular Japanese song.

Shigeo is an aspiring writer living with his girl friend Minako and hoping for success and a better tomorrow every day. Both live on what Minako...

A suspense comedy about thieves starring Kazuo Funaki.