Tanie Kitabayashi Movies

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

The life in a small village in Shikoku and the love story between two young people.

Fukuzo, Kato and Matsuko, Kato's wife, are operating the "Kurenai Sightseeing Service" in Tokyo. Fukuzo and Kato were comrades during the war. One...

A melodrama of the ups and downs of youth, based on Bunroku Shishi’s popular novel. Chiharu, a ballerina, and Shinichi, a thorough rationalist...

Late romance by acclaimed filmmaker Kinugasa Teinosuke.

1962 Japanese movie

A story about a wealthy family and the greed and selfishness of three daughters and relatives, after the passing of their old father

Young Mariko is torn between two admirers, Natsukawa and Rikizo.

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,...

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

Akira leaves for the Mt. Gassan foothills before winter's onset, visiting the local temple and interacting with the residents all while falling for...

Students in a small rural school love their poor but unconventional teacher Mr. Matsukuma, although he is misunderstood by most of the villagers and...

Second part to "River Without a Bridge" (1969)

The Nami family lives in a quiet fishing village at the tip of the Shima Peninsula overlooking Ago Bay. The family of four consists of her...

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 a high school, two men are fighting over a beautiful female teacher who has been assigned as an English teacher.