Shūji Sano Movies

Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga,...

1962 Japanese movie

A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.

A group of shady politicians want to make money after a typhoon by claiming the schoolhouse has been destroyed and then cashing in on building a new...

A film about the rivalry between Captain Gondo and the harpooner Yosuke Yamagami, working on the best whaling ship Hayabusa Maru. One day they will...

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

In the movies of those times, you can see young boys in the company scene often. Those boys were called kyuji (給仕), which means...

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

Japanese war movie.

A suspense comedy about thieves starring Kazuo Funaki.

A lost film by Masahiro Makino

Yuki is a young, single mother supporting herself and her son, Haru, with a job as a bar hostess.

Hisshoka is a 1945 Drama film directed by four Japanese directors.

Romantic comedy

Pretty Oshige is deceived by her first love. After this, she lives a hard lifestyle, working at a number of jobs. Her only pleasure is her nephew,...

Also known as Crazy Uproar.

Melodrama based on a novel by Yukio Mishima.