Tsutomu Shimomoto Movies

After receiving a phone call from a woman whose child has contracted polio, government official Masayoshi Sakata decides to do everything he can to...

A man is wrongfully accused of murder.

Satsuo Yamamoto's filmic depiction of the famous 1949 Matsukawa Incident.

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

A touching love story about a heroine who loses her parents in the war and tries to keep her pure love alive despite the many difficulties she faces.

A romance of a pure young lover and his heartbreak for a beautiful older woman.

A boy who dreams of being a yakuza leader is reformed by a girl's pure love for him.

One spring, Tasaka, an elementary school teacher, receives a new class of first graders. While taking the children's attendance, Tasaka is surprised...

Yoshiuki and his older brother Yoshihisa are in school. They live with their mother, who struggles to make ends meet while their father is in the...

One of Sayuri Yoshinaga's first leading roles.

Set in the glamorous world of songwriting, this is the story of a failed songwriter who kills his mistress, a witness to a hit-and-run accident.

Traveling to Africa in a cultural exchange program, a young Japanese engineer discovers a world completely unlike the one he knows. His interaction...