Nobuko Otowa Movies

A Japanese film from 1965, directed by Shirô Toyoda.

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

A Japanese film from 1963, Directed by Shirô Toyoda.

1962 Japanese movie

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.

Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.

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

A sequel to Happiness of Us Alone. This story focuses on the troubled life of the couple's adult's son, Ichiro, especially his relationship with a...

1962 Japanese movie

A touching story about little Futyan and his sister Matiko. Their parents are very poor, but the children are not discouraged—they run to...

A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.

A jewelry store president begins to fall for the doctor treating her husband's illness.

Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their...

The relationship between a rich young student and his lower class friend changes when they start to live both at a guest house. Both will be...

Natsuko’s daughter Saori is born blind in 1941, just before her father is drafted. Despite an attempted surgery and years of struggle, her...

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

1958 Japanese movie

A film adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same title, starring Muga Takewaki and Yoko Shimada. Set in Japan at the end of the war, the...

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...