Tanie Kitabayashi Movies

Part one of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.

Drama which shows the struggle of Fumiko, a female teacher, at work and at home.

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just...

AKA Family of Women. A story about a wealthy family and the greed and selfishness of three daughters and relatives, after the passing of their old...

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...

Japanese film.

Nobuko is a widow who lives with her stepchild Tamiko and her brother Junjiro. The family's gatekeeper, Komatsu, is attracted to Tamiko, but she is...

A woman falls in love with her sister's fiancé.

An ethical, young tax collector new to his area encounters increasingly absurd individuals and groups coping with their post-war woes.

Yamazaki Ryotaro is an Olympics' athlete and an asset. He accepts two jobs and responsibilities that are thrust upon him. One involves a a painting...

The three Matsunami sisters navigate adulthood and the complex social pressures of finding a husband while living under their traditional...

In the backstreets of Ginza, the boss of a hairdressing salon is found dead, killed by strangulation. The detective on the case soon hears rumors...

A detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs out.

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

Keiko Yukawa is a former prostitute and the newest inmate at White Lily, a female rehabilitation facility.

After the death of a colleague, the workers at a factory form a labor union.

Set at the end of the feudal period. A woman spends most of her early life in prison, incarcerated by political opponents of her father. When she is...

Late romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke.

Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.