Kumeko Urabe Movies

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...

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...

A teacher in a poor island community tries to improve his students' spirits by entering them in a volleyball tournament as long-shot underdogs.

The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunctional family who have been trying to arrange a...

Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting against such...

Sequel to "Irresponsible Age of Japan".

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki

Romantic comedy about a love triangle between two girls who fall in love with a reliable young doctor.

While working in an education center for lonely children, a mother seeks her missing son.

The film depicts the scarring of Yosaburo at the hands of yakuza thugs who catch him with mistress of the gang boss. Despite the physical and...

Experienced shipyard worker Shimazaki gets an offer of free lodging from his employer in the company seaside rest house if he agrees to see to its...

A sensitive young woman aged 22 fell in love with a middle aged man who was troubled by his unfaithful wife.

A young man leaves his widowed mother on her improverished farm and makes his career in the Japanese navy.

When a young woman is named as the prime suspect in a murder, her girlfriend and her girlfriend's boyfriend set out to prove her innocence. Their...

Ayako, a young woman from a rural fishing village, is sold by her family into a brothel when her father takes ill. There, she is quickly stripped of...

A sad love film where the action takes place in Kyoto, in a trading house. Considered a lost film.

1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

A story of a servant girl whose life is upturned by her doomed love for a spineless young man.