Nobuko Otowa Movies

Tradition and modernity clash when a young woman inherits a sweet-making firm in Kyoto.

Japanese drama film.

20th film adaptation of the novel Ono ga tsumi (published 1900-1901).

Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are...

In Ginza Hachō, where violence and lust swirl, sparks fly from iron fists and passion against a backdrop of song and dance.

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

After the heartbreak of losing a close colleague, a television star vanishes, presumed to have drowned in Lake Izu. A mysterious empty boat, a forged...

Japanese comedy film.

Modern love story about three disparate sisters, one (Tsukasa) of whom who suspects her husband (Kobayashi) has been unfaithful.

The classic tale of the shogun's illegitimate son Aoi Shingo is told in three parts as he strives to become the greatest fencer in Japan, while his...

Chizuru, the beautiful daughter of a Kyoto restaurant owner, feels trapped by the marriage plans her mother has arranged for her. When an older...

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....

1962 Japanese movie

A touching story about little Futyan and his sister Matiko. Their parents are very poor, but the children are not discouraged—they run to...

A Japanese film from 1963, Directed by Shirô Toyoda.