Nobuko Otowa Movies

The life and travels of adventurer Naomi Uemura, who disappeared in Alaska in 1984. A member of the first Japanese expedition to reach the summit of M...

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

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

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

“Quit working as a nurse!” “All right, I will!” thus began the married life of Yasuo and Keiko. But the reality is harsh. Keiko even had to work on th...

Soichi Ataka is the eldest son of Ataka family. Although mentally challenged, he's a person with a gentle heart. Soichi's wife, Kuniko is devoted to h...

It depicts the emotional ups and downs of a designer who runs a clothing store and her husband over the course of a summer.

In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets an unmarried teacher (at...

The relationship between a rich young student and his lower class friend changes when they start to live both at a guest house. Both will be attracted...

The year is 1932, and a woman, whose tenant-farmer fiancé is fighting in China, is raped by the landowner's son, who has returned from the war with a...

Story of a woman, Saiko, who divorces her doctor husband when she is given a baby by a stranger who claims it is the husband's child. Saiko embarks on...

Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka),"Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara),and "San Nyotai" (K...

Former playmates (Naito and Tamura),both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.

Japanese comedy film.

aka Libido.

The melodramatic story of a pink crew’s tragi-comedic adventures on location. A fictionalized adaptation of set photographer Ichiro Tsuda's 1980 book...

A woman looks after her father in law.

1980 Japanese film.