Kumeko Urabe Movies

The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who runs a small restaurant, and his son is in love...

Japanese prison exploitation movie. Part 1 of the 'Onna bangaichi' series

The film depicts the scarring of Yosaburo at the hands of yakuza thugs who catch him with mistress of the gang boss. Despite the physical and...

A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.

This drama of middle-class life in postwar Japan tells the story lower-middle-class workers in the city of Kawasaki, and their troubles and travails.

Group of women escape Chinese controlled area for Japanese occupied lands during Pacific War.

The tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka "The Shark," a rough-and-tumble horse trader in Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, despite being a father and...

Based on the original work by Shuji Hojo, Itohan Monogatari depicts the fate of a clumsy and kind-hearted woman in the Taisho era.

Taki no Shiraito is a very independent young woman with a famous water juggling act in a travelling carnival troupe. She falls in love with an...

1962 Japanese movie

She'd watched them go one by one. Friend after friend. White dress after another. Yet again, Shimako was attending another wedding reception that...

After the boxing champion retires, the head of a powerful gym, Minegishi (So Yamamura), recommends Yamanaka (Hiroshi Kawaguchi), who is no longer in...

The girl students of rival junior high schools stage duels and show a curious interest in sexual pastimes.

Mysterious incident at a secret factory! Important documents lost! What is the true identity of the enemy's invisible spy?

The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The film tells about the difficult relationship between the...

A sensitive young woman aged 22 fell in love with a middle aged man who was troubled by his unfaithful wife.

1962 Japanese movie