Nobuko Otowa Movies

aka Libido.

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...

A touching story of pure love and tears between a boy and a girl, drawn by the innocent duo of Chieko Baisho and Shinichiro Mikami, based on "Nagashi...

The ship Kaijin Maru is left adrift after losing all means of navigation in a storm. The four people on the ship are becoming increasingly desperate...

A comedy about the lives of people living in the shopping district of Osaka.

Based on "Une vie" by Guy de Maupassant

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.

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

Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.

Floating Vessel (源氏物語 浮舟 , Ukifune) is a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. Drawn...

A beautiful but sad romantic melodrama about three sisters who are uninhibited, pure and lovely, and who stand tall like the peaks of a place that...

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...

Can a woman love two men at the same time? Set against the backdrop of Kyoto's rich history, this story depicts a woman's difficult choice for love....

1954 Japanese movie

Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.