Shūji Sano Movies

This film was mainly shot in the Japanese skiing resort Hokkaido in 1937-38 and was intended to create support for the coming winter olympics of 1940...

Matsuki, a former war photojournalist, returns home and starts a modest life with his wife, Komiko. Driven by his passion for capturing the truth, he...

The Yoshikawa family is a typical small town family. With only the father's and daughter's salaries to support the family's six members, life is not...

A suspense comedy about thieves starring Kazuo Funaki.

Japanese youth film.

The four kinds of love that Yuriko experiences, namely, a childhood longing love, a dream of marriage, a maternal love, and a destined love between...

1962 Japanese movie. Remake of the 1939 movie

An older sister and brother (Mieko Takamine and Masayoshi Otsuka) come to visit their grandfather (Takeshi Sakamoto) who lives deep in the mountains....

In the movies of those times, you can see young boys in the company scene often. Those boys were called kyuji (給仕), which means...

A melodrama set in Kuroshima.

Otami and daughter Yuri run the Matsuoka, a 150-year-old Japanese-style inn in Tokyo which they plan to renovate into a modern hotel before the...

A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.

During college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is tested when one of them becomes involved with a woman...

Yuzo Kayama visits New Zealand

1945 Japanese movie

A nurse's tale of self-sacrifice during wartime. The title is borrowed from a patriotic song made popular by singer Hamako Watanabe during the Second...