Shūji Sano Movies

Drama about the trials and tribulations of a teenage girl.

A private detective chases a female pickpocket into a film studio and dashes through the sets. With special appearances by a star-studded cast.

An uplifting drama about the bond between a group of high school seniors and their kind-hearted teacher, Mr. Yabuki. Faced with the rigors of growing...

Shinsaku was once a renowned playwright, has now been left behind by journalism and is living a lethargic life in Oiso. His family is concerned with...

1962 Japanese 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...

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...

33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 19-year-old innocent young wife. After graduating...

The Nagasaki flagship store of a long-established castella bakery versus its Tokyo branch. Amid a sudden clash between the old and the new, a young...

Melodrama based on a novel by Yukio Mishima.

Natsuko’s daughter Saori is born blind in 1941, just before her father is drafted. Despite an attempted surgery and years of struggle, her...

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...

Coming of age/high school sports drama.

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...

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...