Nobuko Otowa Movies

The story of a teacher who comes to a village on the Inland Sea and the relationship that develops between her and her 12 pupils.

The 18th "Ekimae" feature.

Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government...

The story follows Tomoko, a writer who becomes involved in a strange and distant relationship with Shingo, a married novelist. Though they haven't...

When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre...

After the closure of a coal mine leaves her husband unemployed, Fumiko travels from Kyushu to Kyoto with her daughter Kimiko, and they become...

Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his...

A comedy about the lives of people living in the shopping district of Osaka.

A romantic triangle comprised of two brothers in love with the same woman.

Floating Vessel (源氏物語 浮舟 , Ukifune) is a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. Drawn...

A documentary about the lives of actors in the Sakura-tai theatrical troupe, which had arrived in the island of Hiroshima to begin preparations for...

Tradition and modernity clash when a young woman inherits a sweet-making firm in Kyoto.

The 17th "Ekimae" feature.

Based on the story "Tokyo Station" by Tsunehiko Sagawa.

Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.