Search results for "Haruko Sugimura"
With Beauty and Sorrow

With Beauty and Sorrow

With Beauty and Sorrow
IMDb: 6.9
106

When the man who seduced the famous painter Otoko as a teenager–and then wrote a bestselling novel about it–reappears in her life, her pupil–and lesbian lover–hatches a plot to destroy…

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Wiser Age

The Wiser Age

The Wiser Age
IMDb: 7.6
111

Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.

Genre: Drama
Floating Weeds

Floating Weeds

Floating Weeds
IMDb: 8
115

A troupe of travelling players arrive at a small seaport in the south of Japan. Komajuro Arashi, the aging master of the troupe, goes to visit his old flame Oyoshi…

Genre: Drama
Good Morning

Good Morning

Good Morning
IMDb: 7.8
94

A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of inter­generational relationships, Good Morning tells the story of two young boys who stop speaking in protest after…

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Tokyo Twilight

Tokyo Twilight

Tokyo Twilight
IMDb: 8.1
141

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot take the truth of being abandoned as a child.

Genre: Drama
Princess Yang Kwei Fei

Princess Yang Kwei Fei

Princess Yang Kwei Fei
IMDb: 7.1
98

In eighth century China, the Emperor is grieving over the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate…

Flowing

Flowing

Flowing
IMDb: 7.5
117

Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn’t see any future in her mothers trade in the late days…

Genre: Drama
Early Spring

Early Spring

Early Spring
IMDb: 7.8
144

A young salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.

Genre: Drama
Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story
IMDb: 8.2
137

The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and…

Genre: Drama
Early Summer

Early Summer

Early Summer
IMDb: 8.1
125

Noriko, still single at the advanced age of 28, lives contentedly in an extended family household that includes her parents and her brother’s family. An uncle’s visit prompts the family…

Genre: Drama
No Regrets for Our Youth

No Regrets for Our Youth

No Regrets for Our Youth
IMDb: 7.1
110

Yukie, the well-bred daughter of a university professor, is shocked when her father is relieved of his post for his political teachings during a purge of anti-militarism in pre-war Kyoto….

Genre: Drama
Late Spring

Late Spring

Late Spring
IMDb: 8.2
110

Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry — that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he…

Genre: Drama
Late Chrysanthemums

Late Chrysanthemums

Late Chrysanthemums
IMDb: 7.4
101

What is the life of a Geisha like once her beauty has faded and she has retired? Kin has saved her money, and has become a wealthy money-lender, spending her…

Genre: Drama
Samurai Assassin

Samurai Assassin

Samurai Assassin
IMDb: 7.4
122

Japan, 1860. The men of the Mito clan, victims of the Ansei purge, anxiously prowl around the Sakurada Gate of Edo Castle with the intention of assassinating Naosuke Ii of…

Genre: Action, Drama, History
An Inlet of Muddy Water

An Inlet of Muddy Water

An Inlet of Muddy Water
IMDb: 7.2
130

Three short tales from stories by Ichiyo Higuchi. In one, a young woman is degraded by her family after an arranged marriage. Another deals with the troubles heaped upon a…

Genre: Drama, History
Repast

Repast

Repast
IMDb: 7.7
97

Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage, all she does is cook and clean for her husband.

Genre: Drama
The Broken Commandment

The Broken Commandment

The Broken Commandment
IMDb: 6.9
119

Ushimatsu’s father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting against such discrimination.

Genre: Drama
Till We Meet Again

Till We Meet Again

Till We Meet Again
IMDb: 7.1
111

Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.

Genre: Drama, Romance, War
The Petrified Forest

The Petrified Forest

The Petrified Forest
IMDb: 7.1
118

Follows a young med student’s relationships with two women: a dangerous affair with a childhood friend and his mother’s struggle to rebuild their estranged relationship.

Genre: Crime, Drama
A Last Note

A Last Note

A Last Note
IMDb: 6.8
110

A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has encounters with old friends and acquaintances who bring various stories and news of death and…

Genre: Drama
The End of Summer

The End of Summer

The End of Summer
IMDb: 7.7
103

The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his…

Genre: Drama
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
IMDb: 7.1
85

Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely devoted to her husband.

Genre: Horror
Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2

Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 2
IMDb: 6.8
73

Part 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and Kohei, marrying upward, and being blackmailed by the evil Naosuke.

Genre: Horror