Natsuko Kahara Movies

In a small town, Tomoko, a new bus conductor, works hard to prove herself. She crosses paths with Saburō, the company president’s playful...

Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic...

Based on a blockbuster song by Kaguyahime, a folk group. Makoto, a college student who belongs to a puppet theatre club, meets Michiko, who works at...

The story follows a humble merchant from Tohoku who travels to Tokyo to fulfill his dream of buying goods directly from wholesalers. During his stay,...

The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The film tells about the difficult relationship between the...

1962 Japanese movie

One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.

1961 Japanese movie

Living in a house that has lost its man to the war a year earlier are the widow and her child. Four of the dead man's friends gather to have an...

A woman has a brief, intense affair with a younger man while awaiting her trial for the murder of her husband's mistress.

1964 Japanese movie

The fourth instalment in the Salaryman Mejiro Sanpei series.

A TV writer and a director stranded in a rural town witness the young villagers’ tangled romances. Despite parental feuds and arranged...

Mie Nakao runs away from home to join her older sister's production company as a new talent. We follow her ups and downs on the way to stardom as she...

Romantic drama about three beautiful sisters, based on the acclaimed play.

1960 Japanese movie

Based on the novel by Kojin Shimomura. Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life is shattered by the illness and death...

Sequel to "何処へ" (1966). A coming-of-age drama adapted from the novel by Yojiro Ishizaka.