Natsuko Kahara Movies

A woman remember's her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.

Kiku and her brother Isamu are social outcasts, children of a prostitute mother and black GI father, in postwar Japan.

A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns...

Late romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke.

A woman has a brief, intense affair with a younger man while awaiting her trial for the murder of her husband's mistress.

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...

When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his children into unsatisfying marriages and careers in...

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

The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The film tells about the difficult relationship between the...

A Japanese family weathers much hardship after their military uncle comes to live with them during WWII.

Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their...

A study of uneasy relationships among the inhabitants of a tiny rural community.

In "The Other Woman" the children of a distinguished professor find that the woman they have come to regard as their racy and slightly disreputable...

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

1962 Japanese movie

Based on a blockbuster song by Kaguyahime, a folk group. Makoto, a college student who belongs to a puppet theatre club, meets Michiko, who works at...

1962 Japanese movie

Story about a poor Japanese woman living near an American army base who resorts to prostitution.