Shūji Sano Movies

Episode in the life of a composer of a popular Japanese song.

Five years after the end of the Second World War, Reikichi, a repatriated veteran, translates love letters for Japanese women to American GIs, while...

A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.

In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, her more traditional family worries...

Battles of an average salaryman.

A body is found poisoned in a room of a luxury apartment late at night and a beautiful mother turns herself in to protect her rebellious daughter.

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

An uplifting drama about the bond between a group of high school seniors and their kind-hearted teacher, Mr. Yabuki. Faced with the rigors of growing...

A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware that she has become a Westernized burlesque artist.

Drama about the trials and tribulations of a teenage girl.

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

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

A private detective chases a female pickpocket into a film studio and dashes through the sets. With special appearances by a star-studded cast.

It chronicles the experiences of a neighbourhood doctor, whose taste for tonkatsu (a popular Japanese dish, similar to a pork schnitzel) earns him...