Shūji Sano Movies

A small-time thug fresh out of prison is lured back onto the path of crime and joins a gang of safe-crackers.

Battles of an average salaryman.

Film about the life of a bitter female reporter with a pure heart.

A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.

A professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokiko, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Despite being a minor, Setsuko is a...

Yuzo Kayama visits New Zealand

A nurse's tale of self-sacrifice during wartime. The title is borrowed from a patriotic song made popular by singer Hamako Watanabe during the Second...

The four kinds of love that Yuriko experiences, namely, a childhood longing love, a dream of marriage, a maternal love, and a destined love between...

1954 Theater of Life adaptation.

Saeko Tachibana is a high school senior who lives with her mother. Playful yet somewhat lonely, Saeko was also an accomplished athlete who competed...

Though plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his family's longstanding military tradition.

The Yoshikawa family is a typical small town family. With only the father's and daughter's salaries to support the family's six members, life is not...

Yuki is a young, single mother supporting herself and her son, Haru, with a job as a bar hostess.

A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. She returns to her family home while they rent out...

An older sister and brother (Mieko Takamine and Masayoshi Otsuka) come to visit their grandfather (Takeshi Sakamoto) who lives deep in the mountains....

A penniless orphan loses the woman he loves, when her family arranges a marriage to a wealthy playboy. He believes she was blinded by greed, and...