Tomo'o Nagai Movies

A sequel to Ohana han.

Sakata Sankichi, an amateur shogi player living in the slums of Osaka, is so obsessed with the board game that he spends all of his family's money to...

The clerk of a trading company happens to have a large sum of money from his company in his possession. His girlfriend pressures him into fleeing...

It's a story of the life of a man who advocated the necessity of sex education to children, which was unusual at the time, solely opposed to the...

1961 Japanese movie

The second installment in the crime reporter series, this is a full-fledged crime reporter film depicting a scoop battle among crime reporters...

Who is the vicious criminal challenging the investigation team? Mysteries lead to more mysteries, and deductions lead to more deductions in this...

A young offender who is already guilty of many crimes is sentenced again for rape. Upon his release from prison, a year later, the victim waits to...

A veteran reporter and a young journalist doggedly pursue clues through sheer persistence and intuition to unravel the mystery behind the sudden...

Film by Buichi Saito

1959 Japanese movie

When a gifted Japanese craftsmen dies, his three daughters are summoned to decide who will take over the family ribbon business in this family drama....

"The Time of Reckoning" transforms a screwball-comedy plot into a sober study of a successful businessman with serious relationship problems...

1962 Japanese movie

Obscure Masumura film shot in 1961.

Yoshii and his wife Yoko are elementary school teachers in a mountainous village. One day, an elderly writer arrives with his granddaughter, Rika....

Fumie Namura is an ambitious high school graduate, who’s encouraged by her teacher Mr. Kōda to apply for university. Due to her...

This is a film adaptation of a popular NHK drama that depicts a strong-willed woman, Hana, who lives a lively life while being swept up in the waves...

The first time that up-and-coming architect Yuji Muraoka (Yujiro Ishihara) met Natsuko (Ruriko Asaoka) was at a contemporary art exhibition at the...