Masuyo Iwamoto

Shadow Area (2015)

Raia Prays For… (2015)

Goro is an archeologist, fascinated with the national treasure Gassho clay figure and remains from the Jomon period. He meets a woman, Momoko who is timid with love. Momoko often has memories from ancient times and landscapes of the heart in her dreams. Sh ...

Nihon no aozora (2007)

Half a Confession (2004)

Half a Confession introduces itself as a thriller and abruptly changes gears, transforming into a tale of morality with deeper insights into its characters than we had anticipated. It begins when Soichiro Kaji (Terao), a retired detective, walks into polic ...

Twinkle (1992)

Shoko and Mutsuki get married to satisfy their worried parents, but she is well past the age at which a 'good' Japanese woman should marry, and he is in love with a young male college student. ...

Playtime Never Ends (1991)

A serious-minded policeman plays the role of robber in a police training operation against bank robberies. He's so good his fellow policemen can't catch him. TV networks begin to broadcast the operation nationwide. TV audiences are amused and root for the ...

Okita Soji: Swordsman of Fire (1984)

The Unmarked Path (1984)

To solve the mystery of her deceased husband, his wife departs to Shinshu. ...

Examination Hell (1982)

A student, running late on the day of the University of Tokyo entrance exams, calls in a fake bomb threat in order to arrive on time. ...

Tokyo Air Raid Glass Rabbit (1979)

Based on an autobiographical novel by Toshiko Takagi, set close to the end of World War II ...

Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears (1977)

First live action "Barefoot Gen" sequel. ...

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 ...

A Hoodlum At The Risk Of His Life (1970)

A reporter is framed for murder while investigating organized crime. Upon being released from prison the plan for his revenge unravels. ...

The Private Police (1969)

After the war, Kijima (Bunta Sugawara) returns to Tokyo where he meets Ôba (Noboru Andô), an Ex-Kamikaze pilot, and the two ruffians gather hooligans to join their group. In Ginza, the Togawa gang have taken over Sakurada's territory. After several fight ...

Song of Vengeance (1968)

Executive management of a major Tokyo construction company are getting bumped off one after another. It seems obvious that it is a former partner of the company with a long-standing grudge who is responsible, but he died in the first ten minutes of the mov ...

My Destiny (1968)

Portrait of Chieko (1967)

Takamura, a poet and sculptor, marries a budding artist named Chieko who dreams of becoming an oil painter. When a series of hardships befall her family, she finds herself unable to confide in her husband, and the pain she carries within begins to weigh he ...

The Kii River (1966)

Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform. ...

The Shape of Night (1964)

Yoshie Nogami, a factory worker by day, works as a bar hostess at night. She begins a passionate affair with one of her regulars, but his changing demeanor and constant demands for money lead Yoshie down a dark path. ...

Onna yajikita-tatchi ryokō (1963)

1963 Japanese movie ...

Asu no hanayome (1962)

1962 Japanese movie ...