Kumeko Urabe Movies

The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the...

From 1928 to 1946, the lives of 12 young people and their school teacher in a poor Japanese village are profoundly affected by historical events and...

Two detectives begin a stakeout based on the slim chance of catching a murderer whom they suspect will try to reunite with an old flame.

Taki no Shiraito is a very independent young woman with a famous water juggling act in a travelling carnival troupe. She falls in love with an...

Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic...

Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage; all she does is cook and clean for her husband.

The film depicts the scarring of Yosaburo at the hands of yakuza thugs who catch him with mistress of the gang boss. Despite the physical and...

Jiro, a smooth-talking, womanizing bartender, flees from a Yakuza boss to Yanagase.

The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunctional family who have been trying to arrange a...

Pierre Marsac, a French engineer working for the Nagasaki shipbuilding yards, has fallen in love both with Japan and a charming Japanese girl named...

A lifetime story of a woman who stubbornly lives in a poor mountain village in post-war Japan.

The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job to her ending up as a prostitute.

A sensitive young woman aged 22 fell in love with a middle aged man who was troubled by his unfaithful wife.

In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts...

1962 Japanese movie

A young man leaves his widowed mother on her improverished farm and makes his career in the Japanese navy.

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...