Sadako Sawamura Movies

The daughter of a former Miss Universe winner finds success as a fashion model in Tokyo following the death of her fiancé.

A roughneck named Komakichi of Kawachi, Osaka, comes back from a three-year training course to become a chef, hoping to be with his crush Tamae, a...

Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

1962 Japanese movie

Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.

Apparently a baseball drama starring real-life stars Nagashima (The Babe Ruth of Japanese Baseball) and teammate Oh-known collectively as ON-from the...

The life of a toilet-seller during the Japanese Economic Miracle.

Story of young love in the hills.

Three beautiful daughters grew up in a dog and cat care clinic. The eldest was named Takako (Keiko Tsushima), the second was Tsugumi (Keiko Awaji),...

Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.

This is the second installment of the trilogy based on Japan’s greatest novel “The Great Bodhisattva Pass”, following the life and...

Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn.

An old man cashes in all his possessions and sets off on a journey to the Tohoku region in late autumn. Along the way, he visits a friend on his...

Following Flower Picking Diary (1939), Tamizo directed another film starring Hideko Takamine, based on a story by Nobuko Yoshiya. Takamine plays a...

As a bid to win contacts, ship building companies wine and dine political leaders, inviting the geisha Hidekoma and Hidechiyo to entertain the...