Nobuko Otowa Movies

  • 1980
    Nurse's Husband

    Nurse's Husband

    Nurse's Husband

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    “Quit working as a nurse!” “All right, I will!” thus began the married life of Yasuo and Keiko. But the reality is harsh....

    Nurse's Husband
  • 1966
    Once a Rainy Day

    Once a Rainy Day

    Once a Rainy Day

    01966HD

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

    Once a Rainy Day
  • 1963
    When Women Lie

    When Women Lie

    When Women Lie

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    Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai"...

    When Women Lie
  • 1972
    The Iron Crown

    The Iron Crown

    The Iron Crown

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    A woman takes revenge on her husband after he leaves her for a younger woman by harassing the couple with unwanted phone calls at night.

    The Iron Crown
  • 1995
    A Last Note

    A Last Note

    A Last Note

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    A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has encounters with old friends and acquaintances who bring...

    A Last Note
  • 1960
    The Approach of Autumn

    The Approach of Autumn

    The Approach of Autumn

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    A single mother from the country raising a 6th grade boy comes to Tokyo, leaves the boy to live with his uncle's family, runs a struggling grocery...

    The Approach of Autumn
  • 1961
    The Last War

    The Last War

    The Last War

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    A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.

    The Last War
  • 1963
    The Maid Story

    The Maid Story

    The Maid Story

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    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...

    The Maid Story
  • 1975
    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

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    In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts...

    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
  • 1982
    The Go Masters

    The Go Masters

    The Go Masters

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    Ten years before the outbreak of the Second World War in Asia, a Japanese Go master and his Chinese rival meet in China to play a game of Go (loosely...

    The Go Masters
  • 1992
    The Strange Tale of Oyuki

    The Strange Tale of Oyuki

    The Strange Tale of Oyuki

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    A story of Japanese writer Kafu Nagai (1879-1959), a man about sixty with a huge reputation of seducer who falls madly in love for a young geisha...

    The Strange Tale of Oyuki
  • 1969
    Heat Wave Island

    Heat Wave Island

    Heat Wave Island

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    Otowa is a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film begins with...

    Heat Wave Island
  • 1986
    Tree Without Leaves

    Tree Without Leaves

    Tree Without Leaves

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    Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his...

    Tree Without Leaves
  • 1975
    Kyukei no Koya

    Kyukei no Koya

    Kyukei no Koya

    01975HD

    A film adaptation of Seicho Matsumoto's novel of the same title, starring Muga Takewaki and Yoko Shimada. Set in Japan at the end of the war, the...

    Kyukei no Koya
  • 1984
    The Island Closest to Heaven

    The Island Closest to Heaven

    The Island Closest to Heaven

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    A Japanese teenager travels to New Caledonia in search of the fabled "island closest to heaven" that her late father had told her about.

    The Island Closest to Heaven
  • 1951
    Story of a Beloved Wife

    Story of a Beloved Wife

    Story of a Beloved Wife

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    Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko...

    Story of a Beloved Wife
  • 1960
    A Woman’s Uphill Slope

    A Woman’s Uphill Slope

    A Woman’s Uphill Slope

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

    A Woman’s Uphill Slope
  • 1963
    Rush to Our Sweetheart

    Rush to Our Sweetheart

    Rush to Our Sweetheart

    01963HD

    Japanese comedy film.

    Rush to Our Sweetheart
  • 1966
    Rise Against the Sword

    Rise Against the Sword

    Rise Against the Sword

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    Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees...

    Rise Against the Sword
  • 1962
    Seikurabe

    Seikurabe

    Seikurabe

    01962HD

    Japanese drama film.

    Seikurabe