Haruko Sugimura Movies

When Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the samurai Kochiyama Soshun agrees to assist.

A divorced woman enters a marriage arranged by her mother in exchange for money to save the life of her seriously ill son.

Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the...

On the way back to his childhood home, a septuagenarian man recalls his childhood and adolescence, in particular his love for a young woman.

Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely...

A literary masterpiece that sharply critiques the ethics of modern romance, featuring a 48-year-old father who burns through the last of his youth...

A film adaptation of Rikuo Honjo's novel "Ishikari River".

A Japanese family weathers much hardship after their military uncle comes to live with them during WWII.

Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.

A young lawyer falls in love with the daughter of his former professor, whom he's hired to tutor his children.

Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their...

When he was a little boy, Tokitō Kensaku was sent to live with his paternal grandfather and his mistress Oei. Years later, Kensaku realizes he...

Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl.

Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga,...

A small-town boy with a learning disability attempts to fit in with his classmates.

Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed...

A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has encounters with old friends and acquaintances who bring...

Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.

Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s 1952...

Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys serving him tea, despite the fact that...