Nobuko Otowa Movies

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

An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It travels around the...

Hama-chan shows up to work with his son on his back when his wife goes to her class reunion and his mother throws her back out.

Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees...

The final part takes Shingo into a confrontation with his friend Yagyu Katsunoshin’s uncle in a duel that could change the destiny of Japan.

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

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...

The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his...

The story of a teacher who comes to a village on the Inland Sea and the relationship that develops between her and her 12 pupils.

Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.

1962 Japanese movie

The beauty of the Japanese family system is portrayed through the women who greet a woman who went to America thirty years ago to visit her grave.

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

Comedy based on the writings of Ango Sakaguchi.