Tanie Kitabayashi Movies

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

An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha...

Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story.

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...

In 1906, after finishing a tough migrant job in the Philippines, Takichi has returned to Japan. He starts to work as a rickshaw driver, but his lover...

A young girl knows that she is going to die and in this she is supported by the devotion of the boy who loves her. They originally met at the...

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

Winter holidays at the university. Eikichi visits a city in the north of the country, the hometown of Yuko, a classmate for whom he has feelings....

A young girl in an industrial town is saving her money to enter college. But her drunken father loses his job, her mother cannot make ends meet, and...

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...

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

Two friends, both members of a Japanese cargo boat, return to Japan after a three-month voyage and have just 24 hours shore leave. In those hectic...

A female reporter is fired for writing about police corruption; to make money while hiding from the press, she posts a bounty upon herself.

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

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

The story of a novelist whose wife is confined in a mental hospital. His love for her drives him to write about her, though he runs into trouble when...

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

Japanese drama film.