Shūji Sano Movies

The four kinds of love that Yuriko experiences, namely, a childhood longing love, a dream of marriage, a maternal love, and a destined love between...

An older sister and brother (Mieko Takamine and Masayoshi Otsuka) come to visit their grandfather (Takeshi Sakamoto) who lives deep in the mountains....

The Nagasaki flagship store of a long-established castella bakery versus its Tokyo branch. Amid a sudden clash between the old and the new, a young...

Shigeo is an aspiring writer living with his girl friend Minako and hoping for success and a better tomorrow every day. Both live on what Minako...

Film about the life of a bitter female reporter with a pure heart.

A nurse's tale of self-sacrifice during wartime. The title is borrowed from a patriotic song made popular by singer Hamako Watanabe during the Second...

1945 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

Drama about the trials and tribulations of a teenage girl.

Otami and daughter Yuri run the Matsuoka, a 150-year-old Japanese-style inn in Tokyo which they plan to renovate into a modern hotel before the...

A melodrama set in Kuroshima.

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

Taiji (Kawazu Yusuke), who works at Noble Cosmetics, wants to marry his girlfriend Tomie (Kuwano Miyuki), but is having a hard time saving up the...

1962 Japanese movie

Japanese youth film.