Akiko Nomura

Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 31 (2016)

Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 30 (2016)

A man is murdered after stealing documents from the Olympic Department of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. ...

Tax Inspector Madogiwa Taro: Case File 29 (2015)

Hanayome (2012)

Chiyo, a 59 year old mother of 4, had lost her husband seven years ago. She will soon lose her home so she is offered by her eldest son, Ryoichi to live with him and his family. But her children are disappointed to hear that Chiyo has decided to become a l ...

Door To Door (2009)

Based on a true story about about a man who was told for many years that he was not employable, but threw all of his effort into working as a door-to-door salesman. Despite the pain attributed to his cerebral palsy, he walked eight to ten miles a day to me ...

Sleeping Man (1996)

Ever since an accident in the mountains outside town, Takuji's slept in a coma; his neighbors care for him as new events occur every day. ...

Nowhere Man (1991)

Sukezo, a former manga comic artist, takes up the art rock business by setting up a shop in a shed by the river. He tries hard to be successful, but business does not go well and the family becomes progressively poorer. ...

Yamada baba ni hanataba o (1990)

Yamada is the old mistress of a prestigious all-girl high school, who finds a natural enemy in Kamizaki, an outgoing first-year student. ...

The Political Game (1989)

This is James Miki's first directorial work, and he is also the original writer and scriptwriter. Noritaka Sakamoto was in charge of photography, and Kentaro Haneda was in charge of music direction. It depicts how an honest candidate aiming for a clean ele ...

Beyond the Shining Sea (1986)

Heartbroken Ukiko takes refuge with a relative after a devastating breakup. While away, she makes a dangerous match with the husband of her frigid cousin. ...

Atami Murder Case (1986)

Chief Detective KIMURA Denbei, fondly referred to as Smoky Denbei, is a legendary figure at the Metropolitan Police Department. Transferred to Denbei's Criminal Investigation Division 1, Detective KUMADA Tomekichi arrives from the Toyama Prefectural Police ...

Auto Town (1981)

Oh, My Son! (1979)

A man whose son has been murdered pushes to create laws to financially protect victims' families. ...

Nomugi Pass (1979)

The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in Japan. The silk mills were located in Okaya which lies just beyond the Nomugi Pass. The women and girls worked in a hot, humid atmosphere without rest, and ...

Ore wa inaka no puresurī (1978)

Crocodile, Parrot and Fur Seal (1977)

A comedy farce depicting the noise that occurs when two unemployed circus participants discover a debt bond in a basket with parrots, which they received instead of pension money. At that time, Hiromi Go and Kirin Kiki, who were gaining popularity, play th ...

I Am A Man of Honor (1977)

The sixth film of the "Truck Yaro" series. Two long-distance truckers, Momojiro and Kinzo, travel around Japan in highly decorated trucks. In Kyushu, Momojiro falls in love again... this time with a beautiful college student Masako. ...

The Far Road (1977)

Set in the time of steam locomotives and covering a period of almost 30 years, this sensitive film tells the story of the wife of a railroad worker in the northern part of Japan. The ferocious local class restrictions work to keep her husband in his place, ...

Let's Go, Grandma! (1975)

Let's Go, Grandma! plays like an exuberant, goofy update to Yasujiro Ozu's Tokyo Story. Kinuyo Tanaka plays the titular Grandma, who, after selling her Hokkaido property, is apparently flush with cash but newly homeless. Her grown children take turns hosti ...

The Castle of Sand (1974)

Two detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard. ...

Love Stopped the Runaway Train (1973)

Based on a novel by Ayako Miura. ...

The Wanderers (1973)

Follows the fluctuating fortunes of three ronin in feudal Japan who wander from castle to castle, selling their services to whichever lord will fill their rice bowls. Though they use the servants' entrance, they still feel themselves bound by the samurai c ...

The Class of the Sewage Canal (1972)

The struggle of a young man and boys who try to create the environment where they can speak their minds freely. ...

Kataashi no ēsu (1971)

Love and Death (1971)

Yuji, a budding writer, meets and starts falling in love with his best friend's girlfriend, Natsuko. The attraction is mutual but due to the circumstances, they try to not act on their attraction. However, as time goes by, they realise that, perhaps, they ...

Okusama wa 18 sai: shinkon kyoshitsu (1971)

Laughter is brought about by a teacher-husband and student-wife couple. ...

Terror in the Streets (1970)

Yuri Ebara is inexplicably laid off, abandoned by her closest friend, and is suddenly asked to move out of her apartment. As she nears rock bottom, she begins to suspect someone is out to drive her insane, or worse. ...

The Shadow Within (1970)

When a married man begins an affair with a woman from his past, he comes to suspect her young son intends to murder him. ...

Tora-san, His Tender Love (1970)

Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches. ...

My Destiny (1968)

The Million Dollar Pursuit (1968)

Burned out butcher Hazama meets a woman at a restaurant and is asked to help her deliver a bag of diamonds. ...

Lost Love (1967)

Shimamura is a young man whose family went broke and lost their house. One day, as he returns to his former house to get a camellia blooming from the garden, he sees a beautiful schoolgirl who lives there. After they coincidentally meet again they fall for ...

Cash Calls Hell (1966)

Before leaving prison, Oida uncomfortably enters into an agreement with his cell mate: in exchange for a half-share of 30,000,000 yen, he is to assassinate three strangers given to him on a list. However, upon meeting his first potential victim, Oida has s ...

Rokujō yukiyama tsumugi (1965)

Young widow Ine is suffering under the harsh treatment of her mother in law. As a former Geisha, Ine had struggled to be accepted into the well-established Rokujo family from the beginning. With the support of Jiro, a young man Ine's late husband had saved ...

The Witness' Chair (1965)

Murder case and trial. ...

Red Beard (1965)

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Bear ...

Kwaidan (1965)

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a ...

The Hotelman's Holiday (1958)

Based on the novel "Ekimae Ryokan" by Masuji Ibuse, a longtime hotel employee struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanese business practices. ...

Kid Commotion (1935)

Kodakara Sodo (The Treasure That Is Children) is a 1935 black and white Japanese silent film with benshi accompaniment directed by Torajiro Saito. This is a rare example of a silent Japanese slapstick film that has survived to this day. ...