Nobuko Otowa Movies

A Japanese film from 1965, directed by Shirô Toyoda.

In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts...

The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the...

1962 Japanese movie

A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.

Oshima’s magisterial epic, centering on the ambivalent surviving heir of the Sakurada clan, uses ritual and the microcosm of the traditional...

Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are...

Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown.

After years of living a comfortable existence as a housewife, Aki starts to suspect that her husband is hiding something.

A woman looks after her father in law.

A young woman is forced by circumstance into a loveless marriage while still in love with another. This episodic tale follows their story through...

The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.

A touching story about little Futyan and his sister Matiko. Their parents are very poor, but the children are not discouraged—they run to...

The 21st film in the Ekimae series, commemorating the 35th anniversary of Toho. The film is a loose remake of the first film in the series, Ekimae...

The lives of a family of kelp (kombu) merchants in Osaka across three generations, spanning from the Meiji era through the aftermath of World War II.