Nobuko Otowa Movies

One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his...

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

The lives of a family of kelp (kombu) merchants in Osaka across three generations, spanning from the Meiji era through the aftermath of World War II.

The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown.

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

Soichi Ataka is the eldest son of Ataka family. Although mentally challenged, he's a person with a gentle heart. Soichi's wife, Kuniko is devoted to...

The melodramatic story of a pink crew’s tragi-comedic adventures on location. A fictionalized adaptation of set photographer Ichiro Tsuda's...

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

The final part takes Shingo into a confrontation with his friend Yagyu Katsunoshin’s uncle in a duel that could change the destiny of Japan.

The men who surround and torment the young protagonist (demanding teacher, owner of the company that rapes his own daughter, despotic and...

A touching story of pure love and tears between a boy and a girl, drawn by the innocent duo of Chieko Baisho and Shinichiro Mikami, based on "Nagashi...

The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his surroundings. When his daughter Tokiko is asked to...

A jewelry store president begins to fall for the doctor treating her husband's illness.

A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to be driven to despair.

A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.

Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are...

The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.

Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.