Shūji Sano Movies

Episode in the life of a composer of a popular Japanese song.

It chronicles the experiences of a neighbourhood doctor, whose taste for tonkatsu (a popular Japanese dish, similar to a pork schnitzel) earns him...

A young girl moves to Tokyo and endures the rivalries between other high school girls of varying cultural and economic backgrounds.

A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the child, now a stable boy, is reunited with his...

A penniless orphan loses the woman he loves, when her family arranges a marriage to a wealthy playboy. He believes she was blinded by greed, and...

1962 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

Three men fall in love with the same young girl who works in a tonkatsu restaurant in the Shitamachi district of Tokyo.

In order to pay back Mrs. Kajiki for her good deed in the past, Hatsu moves from her village in Akita to Tokyo to start working as a maid for her...

Coming of age/high school sports drama.

A small-time thug fresh out of prison is lured back onto the path of crime and joins a gang of safe-crackers.

Japanese war movie.

A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. She returns to her family home while they rent out...