Fumiko Okamura Movies

A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching methods.

Shimizu Jirocho, the president, manages two businesses: Izumo Kanko-sha and the group inn "Daikokuya." There is a system where customers from Izumo...

Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine...

The story of a young lady who brightens up the neighborhood.

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

A story of first love between a misogynistic astronomer and a dancer he met on the street.

Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.

Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Their love life comes to a sudden halt after an...

Shinjiro, the only son of Sakai Hospital, could not forget Mie, a geisha he had met at a munitions factory during the war. He refused to marry...

A young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret: she's a widow with a son. Kozo and Katsue decide to run...

Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.

The few residents left on the streets in Tokyo share their individual stories and come to understand the melancholy of saying goodbye.

An Ishiro Honda film.

1962 Japanese movie

A Japanese adaptation of Guy de Maupassant's short story Boule de Suif, directed by Kimura Keigo

After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to...

A wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their superstitious beliefs about their son's illness.