Sadako Sawamura Movies

Shizuka, Eiichiro, and Mineko, their father and son, live modestly in a certain suburb, leading a dreary but happy life. Eiichiro is troubled by...

A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their decisions in life.

This action film depicts the conflict between two brothers, one a detective and the other a yakuza.

A comical love story between two college students — Hitomi, a strong-willed girl, and Shogo, a handsome, earnest and poverty stricken man.

Shot mostly in Tokyo, this comedy depicts two Chinese tourists who have travelled from their country to Japan in order to experience the latter...

A roughneck named Komakichi of Kawachi, Osaka, comes back from a three-year training course to become a chef, hoping to be with his crush Tamae, a...

A human drama about the bond between parents and a child and family love. The daughter leaves her foster parents and ends up with her mother in...

Amidst the 1960 Japanese-American mutual security treaty, alienated young nihilist Takuya struggles to find his footing between his do-nothing wealth...

Twenty-year-old Yoshiko (Setsuko Hara) and her younger sister Asako (Yōko Yaguchi) struggle to accept changes in their home during the...

Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.

A seamstress seeks the love of her life while helping a troubled couple.

Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation with a local Chinese company for business. Many...

The story of the role played by Japanese-American soldiers from Hawaii in the Korean War of the 1950s.

Set in the 1860s, the final years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, The Fireflies focuses on Tose (Awashima Chikage), the mistress of the Teradaya, a small...

The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.

Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn.