Nobuko Otowa Movies

The story of a teacher who comes to a village on the Inland Sea and the relationship that develops between her and her 12 pupils.

Comedy based on the writings of Ango Sakaguchi.

A villager's family is ostracized after he makes an accusation of rigged elections

A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.

The melodramatic story of a pink crew’s tragi-comedic adventures on location. A fictionalized adaptation of set photographer Ichiro Tsuda's...

Story of a woman, Saiko, who divorces her doctor husband when she is given a baby by a stranger who claims it is the husband's child. Saiko embarks...

Provincial 14th century governor Moronao, attracted to the wife of a court magistrate, tries to seduce her and when she rejects his advances plots to...

Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s 1952...

1962 Japanese movie

A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to be driven to despair.

Based on the novel by Toyoko Yamazaki.

Takeshi Yasui, a junior high school student is found dead in a river. The police investigate it as a murder related to bullying. The dead boy turns...

Tradition and modernity clash when a young woman inherits a sweet-making firm in Kyoto.

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

Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.

1980 Japanese film.