Nobuko Otowa Movies

1958 Japanese movie

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

Based on "Une vie" by Guy de Maupassant

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

A villager's family is ostracized after he makes an accusation of rigged elections

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...

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

A beautiful but sad romantic melodrama about three sisters who are uninhibited, pure and lovely, and who stand tall like the peaks of a place that...

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.

Hama-chan shows up to work with his son on his back when his wife goes to her class reunion and his mother throws her back out.

Ten years before the outbreak of the Second World War in Asia, a Japanese Go master and his Chinese rival meet in China to play a game of Go (loosely...

Tradition and modernity clash when a young woman inherits a sweet-making firm in Kyoto.

Hideo is sold in marriage to a Japanese farmer in San Francisco to settle her family's debt. Over the next 20 years, the couple works hard and raises...

Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government...

Comedy based on the writings of Ango Sakaguchi.

Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.