Nobuko Otowa Movies

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

Can a woman love two men at the same time? Set against the backdrop of Kyoto's rich history, this story depicts a woman's difficult choice for love....

A beautiful but sad romantic melodrama about three sisters who are uninhibited, pure and lovely, and who stand tall like the peaks of a place that...

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...

Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government...

Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.

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

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

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

1958 Japanese movie

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

A touching story of pure love and tears between a boy and a girl, drawn by the innocent duo of Chieko Baisho and Shinichiro Mikami, based on "Nagashi...

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

Provincial 14th century governor Moronao, attracted to the wife of a court magistrate, tries to seduce her and when she rejects his advances plots to...

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