Haruko Sugimura Movies

Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting against such...

Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.

A small-town boy with a learning disability attempts to fit in with his classmates.

On the way back to his childhood home, a septuagenarian man recalls his childhood and adolescence, in particular his love for a young woman.

After the death of a colleague, the workers at a factory form a labor union.

Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the...

Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl.

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

Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after...

An industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is on a trip to Europe at the time, and a glimpse of a Japanese woman in that setting causes...

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

A film adaptation of Rikuo Honjo's novel "Ishikari River".

"Youth After School" takes Tokyo and Kyoto as the stage, and tells the story of a family that develops around the daughter's marriage. The play was...

A documentary about the lives of actors in the Sakura-tai theatrical troupe, which had arrived in the island of Hiroshima to begin preparations for...

Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is...

A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.

The Glorious Days