Shūji Sano Movies

Tokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband's return from the war when her 4-year old son becomes ill. She takes him to the doctor for...

Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

Though plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his family's longstanding military tradition.

A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.

A professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokiko, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Despite being a minor, Setsuko is a...

Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of...

A husband and wife's pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.

It chronicles the experiences of a neighbourhood doctor, whose taste for tonkatsu (a popular Japanese dish, similar to a pork schnitzel) earns him...

Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been...

A rookie golfer must cope with the stress of fame after a marketing executive transforms her into a sports celebrity.

A suspense comedy about thieves starring Kazuo Funaki.

The four kinds of love that Yuriko experiences, namely, a childhood longing love, a dream of marriage, a maternal love, and a destined love between...

A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.

1962 Japanese movie

When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous...

Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves.

The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who runs a small restaurant, and his son is in love...

Original work: The second installment of Edogawa Rampage's Inference Masterpiece series, which began airing on Asahi TV in the second half of the...

Easily bored, but still innocent and naive countryside girl (Mako Midori) discovers partying in Tokyo is a ton of fun. Yakuza-to-be (Ichiro Araki) is...