Yōko Sugi Movies

This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51). Written by Kaneto Shindô and featuring...

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

Girls in the Orchard (1953) is about tension between the life of a family in a rural area with all the traditions (continuing family business, taking...

Urban love comedy in which Koji Tsuruta, who works for the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Parks and Greenery Department, plays love shepherd to a...

Film directed by Yasuki Chiba, based on the novel of the same name by Tatsuzou Ishikawa.

Portmanteau film about young lovers.

An Ishiro Honda film. The second part of A Rainbow Plays in My Heart released the same day as the first film.

Love stories of four sisters from a small restaurant in Asakusa.

The story of a lovely "maiko" who bloomed in Gion. Three half-sisters play out a tale of tearful love between father and daughters against the...

In a small town, according to the homecoming of Professor Ishinaka, the youth culture group was overwhelmed to make a presentation for the summer...

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki

In post-war Japan, The Second Drawer follows Funada, a devoted company man whose planned family trip is disrupted by the sudden death of his boss....

Romantic drama about three beautiful sisters, based on the acclaimed play.

1949 drama film

Michiko Asakura was married to the eldest son of the Sakuma family, an unsealed family in Shinshu, but died from her husband and returned to her...

The film depicts the exploits of Kindaichi Kosuke, who pursues a series of serial murders that occur one after another along with the terrifying...

Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.

1961 Japanese movie