Movies: Tsutomu Shimomoto

Just before the end of the war, Japanese soldier Kitani is released from prison, having served his term for theft. Told in flashback, viewers learn about Kitani's past and reasons behind his prison sentence....

When a broadcasting company takes away its financial support from a symphony orchestra, some of the members refuse to admit defeat. The first violinist returns to his home and manages to get the orchestra back together for a grandiose performance, sa...

Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman who has run away from a geisha house....

A man is wrongfully accused of murder....

Satsuo Yamamoto's filmic depiction of the famous 1949 Matsukawa Incident....

A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a plan to rob a cash delivery truck in order to provide for their families....

When a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine how and why he lost his life. The investigation uncovers a black market scheme involving counterfeit money, murder, and conspiracy....

1962 Japanese movie...

Japanese drama...

One of Sayuri Yoshinaga's first leading roles....

Terasaki, the new history teacher at the Senior High School, finds encouragement in the words of his Principal. "There are no bad children in this world. Some may be hard to handle but a teacher should never lose courage … never give up." But when pu...

A human drama that rethinks what it means to be a family through the images of a couple, parent and child whose paths have crossed....

A detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs out....

A father gives his four daughters his substantial retirement allowance on the stipulation that they leave him alone, as he wants some freedom. Each of the daughters has a romantic interest and it's noticeable that the father, too, has someone in mind...

A boy who dreams of being a yakuza leader is reformed by a girl's pure love for him....

A romance of a pure young lover and his heartbreak for a beautiful older woman....

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The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to write about her, though he runs into trouble when her parents accuse him of cashing in on her misfortune....

One spring, Tasaka, an elementary school teacher, receives a new class of first graders. While taking the children's attendance, Tasaka is surprised to see a call girl he once had an encounter with standing among the parents in the back of the classr...

A touching love story about a heroine who loses her parents in the war and tries to keep her pure love alive despite the many difficulties she faces....