Kumeko Urabe Movies

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

A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.

Adaptation of the novel by Bunroku Shishi.

Bungo becomes a single parent when his wife leaves him because of his drinking and gambling. Deciding to quit his vices, he works menial jobs,...

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...

1953 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Kosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New Year’s Day. The investigators try to find the cause...

1962 Japanese movie

Comedy drama by Kon Ichikawa

The girl students of rival junior high schools stage duels and show a curious interest in sexual pastimes.

Fukazawa Shino is a prostitute in the late Meiji period. Shino was deceived by Tatsukichi and sold. One day Shino came to like a thief (Yoshioka) who...

A film by Kiyoshi Saeki

Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial...

The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the...

Minowada, a young teacher at a National People's School, has his own theory of education and the daughter of his linguistics teacher becomes drawn to...