Satoko Minami Movies

A sweet and melancholy melodrama set against the backdrop of the beautiful Seto Inland Sea, in which a pair of twin sisters, one a young lady of high...

A romantic story about a young medical student and a Japanese dancer who meet while watching a university ice hockey league game, and how they...

Late romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke.

A romantic action drama set in early Meiji-era Hokkaido, centered on a passionate, justice-seeking newspaper reporter who takes on an official...

The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The film tells about the difficult relationship between the...

Set in the midst of the Satsuma Rebellion, this story depicts the sadness of a woman’s heart. Though she hates the Imperial Army captain who...

An entertainment film set in a movie studio, featuring songs and hidden talents performed by male and female stars.

A young offender who is already guilty of many crimes is sentenced again for rape. Upon his release from prison, a year later, the victim waits to...

A biting portrait of the world of classical Japanese dance: an ambitious young woman (Wakao Ayako) shoves aside her mentor (Kyo Machiko) on her way...

The young boy Michio struggles with the loss of his mother while his widowed father, Sadao remarries the kind-hearted Sonoko, who has a daughter of...

A high school student who loves detective stories finds himself transporting a woman’s body in the middle of the night. A hilarious thriller...

1959 Japanese movie

1961 Japanese movie

A romance between a young koto prodigy and the head of a koto school’s daughter.

After helping a woman recover her wallet, which had been stolen by a pickpocket, a rough-around-the-edges young man who is a sixth-dan judo...