Nobuko Otowa Movies

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a moving look at the lives of women of tenacity and...

A comedy about the lives of people living in the shopping district of Osaka.

1980 Japanese film.

​A powerful priest uses his magical abilities to imprison the rain gods within a waterfall, causing a devastating drought. The imperial court...

Set in downtown Tokyo, it depicts the activities of a weak youth baseball team, the Chidori Boys, and the ordinary people who live there.

Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their...

Kawasaki, a high school student from Ichiko, walks along a mountain path toward Amagi and encounters a troupe of traveling performers. He becomes...

Kantaro, known as a rowdy boy in the town of Ina, attacked the local boss, Kaneoni's Arahira, all by himself, but was defeated by a large group of...

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

A short revue film featuring dance by Machiko Kyō and singing by Nobuko Otowa.

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

Japanese drama film.

A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.

Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.