Tsutomu Shimomoto Movies

Based on the Seichō Matsumoto's story The Woman Who Took the Local Paper.

One of Sayuri Yoshinaga's first leading roles.

Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope...

A father gives his four daughters his substantial retirement allowance on the stipulation that they leave him alone, as he wants some freedom. Each...

Ayako (Sayuri Yoshinaga) is a free-willed college girl who shares a room with Takako and Kimie. They each have a clear vision of what they want from...

1962 Japanese movie

1950s Japanese drama.

Traveling to Africa in a cultural exchange program, a young Japanese engineer discovers a world completely unlike the one he knows. His interaction...

Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman who...

When a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine how and why he lost his life. The investigation...

The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to write about her, though he runs into trouble when...

Japanese drama

A romance of a pure young lover and his heartbreak for a beautiful older woman.

Terasaki, the new history teacher at the Senior High School, finds encouragement in the words of his Principal. "There are no bad children in this...

Satsuo Yamamoto's filmic depiction of the famous 1949 Matsukawa Incident.

A human drama that rethinks what it means to be a family through the images of a couple, parent and child whose paths have crossed.

A boy who dreams of being a yakuza leader is reformed by a girl's pure love for him.

Just before the end of the war, Japanese soldier Kitani is released from prison, having served his term for theft. Told in flashback, viewers learn...