Shūji Sano Movies

In the 15th year of the Meiji era (1882), Ōkuma Shigenobu, expelled from the Council of State by the Satsuma-Chōshō clique, poured his...

The Yoshikawa family is a typical small town family. With only the father's and daughter's salaries to support the family's six members, life is not...

A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.

Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves.

Japanese drama.

Coming of age/high school sports drama.

During college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is tested when one of them becomes involved with a woman...

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...

Japanese youth film.

Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been...

Matsuki, a former war photojournalist, returns home and starts a modest life with his wife, Komiko. Driven by his passion for capturing the truth, he...

The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard. This part is...

A young girl moves to Tokyo and endures the rivalries between other high school girls of varying cultural and economic backgrounds.

1954 Theater of Life adaptation.

An anthology of thirteen patriotic stories about Japanese citizens contributing to the war effort.