Shūji Sano Movies

1962 Japanese movie

Three men vying for the same job end up chasing the same girl in this comedy-drama from noted Japanese director Yasujiro Shimazu.

A young girl moves to Tokyo and endures the rivalries between other high school girls of varying cultural and economic backgrounds.

A group of shady politicians want to make money after a typhoon by claiming the schoolhouse has been destroyed and then cashing in on building a new...

A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. She returns to her family home while they rent out...

In the movies of those times, you can see young boys in the company scene often. Those boys were called kyuji (給仕), which means...

During college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is tested when one of them becomes involved with a woman...

Japanese drama.

1962 Japanese movie

Otami and daughter Yuri run the Matsuoka, a 150-year-old Japanese-style inn in Tokyo which they plan to renovate into a modern hotel before the...

Coming of age/high school sports drama.

Shinsaku was once a renowned playwright, has now been left behind by journalism and is living a lethargic life in Oiso. His family is concerned with...

Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been...

A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.

Yuki is a young, single mother supporting herself and her son, Haru, with a job as a bar hostess.