Yuriko Hanabusa Movies

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a...

Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope...

Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl.

The president learns that the company's biggest stockholder is also a friend of his singing teacher and spies on his movements.

A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.

Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko...

It was supposed to be about a love story, but it was and was not. An aircraft mechanic working for the government is matched by his boss with the...

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

A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private eye named Mitamura while both are investigating...

Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation with a local Chinese company for business. Many...

Yoshiko finds new life and love interests when she takes a new job as an office worker.

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

The First Investigation Department is investigating a murder case that took place at a government agency, with particular attention to finding an...

Japanese film based on the life of writer Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896).

What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy...

Part 1 of a 2-part romance based on a story by noted author Kikuchi Kan. The central character here is Toyomi (played by Takako IRIE, star of...

1958 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume's novel.

The study of a one-year marriage that begins to crumble. A married man is torn between the love of his wife, and the attraction to a cousin of his...