Shūji Sano
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1912-10-20
Locus Natus: Tokyo, Japan
Et ut: Shuji Sano, Сюдзи Сано
Wedding Day
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...
release : 1956.02.05popularis : 0.806
Spring Snow
The Yoshikawa family is a typical small town family. With only the father's and daughter's salaries to support the family's six members, life is not...
release : 1950.02.26popularis : 1.473
There Was a Father
Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.
release : 1942.04.01popularis : 5.914
Men Fighting Whales
A film about the rivalry between Captain Gondo and the harpooner Yosuke Yamagami, working on the best whaling ship Hayabusa Maru. One day they will...
release : 1957.07.09popularis : 1.264
Dolls floating down the river
A touching story of pure love and tears between a boy and a girl, drawn by the innocent duo of Chieko Baisho and Shinichiro Mikami, based on "Nagashi...
release : 1962.03.03popularis : 0.841
Flower in a Storm
1962 Japanese movie. Remake of the 1939 movie
release : 1962.04.01popularis : 1.185
The Beauty in the Bathroom
Original work: The second installment of Edogawa Rampage's Inference Masterpiece series, which began airing on Asahi TV in the second half of the...
release : 1978.01.07popularis : 1.522
Mole Alley
33-year-old poor writer Ogata was able to endure his miserable life cheerfully thanks to Yoshie, a 19-year-old innocent young wife. After graduating...
release : 1953.05.07popularis : 3.087
What Did the Lady Forget?
A professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokio, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Despite being a minor, Setsuko is a...
release : 1937.03.03popularis : 1.604
Here's to the Young Lady
A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.
release : 1949.03.09popularis : 4.308
Carmen Comes Home
A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware that she has become a Westernized burlesque artist.
release : 1951.03.21popularis : 3.207
A Hen in the Wind
Tokiko is a mother patiently waiting for her husband's return from the war when her 4-year old son becomes ill. She takes him to the doctor for...
release : 1948.09.17popularis : 6.972
The Sands of Kurobe
Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of...
release : 1968.03.01popularis : 3.161
An Inn at Osaka
An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from Tokyo, Mr. Mito, who is demoted to the Osaka...
release : 1954.04.20popularis : 4.953
A Star Athlete
During college military training exercises, the bond between two friends and athletic rivals is tested when one of them becomes involved with a woman...
release : 1937.05.01popularis : 2.547
Forget Love for Now
Yuki is a young, single mother supporting herself and her son, Haru, with a job as a bar hostess.
release : 1937.07.01popularis : 0.93
Queen of the Wind
A man and his girlfriend work for a cosmetics company, but would like to open their own store. The company is planning to send someone to Paris for...
release : 1938.02.17popularis : 0.809
Kokumin no chikai
This film was mainly shot in the Japanese skiing resort Hokkaido in 1937-38 and was intended to create support for the coming winter olympics of 1940...
release : 1938.11.16popularis : 0.844
A Certain Woman
Pretty Oshige is deceived by her first love. After this, she lives a hard lifestyle, working at a number of jobs. Her only pleasure is her nephew,...
release : 1942.10.29popularis : 0.878
Moon of the Plateau
An older sister and brother (Mieko Takamine and Masayoshi Otsuka) come to visit their grandfather (Takeshi Sakamoto) who lives deep in the mountains....
release : 1942.05.14popularis : 1.025
The Trio's Engagements
Three men vying for the same job end up chasing the same girl in this comedy-drama from noted Japanese director Yasujiro Shimazu.
release : 1937.07.18popularis : 2.1
Aruhi watashi wa
The four kinds of love that Yuriko experiences, namely, a childhood longing love, a dream of marriage, a maternal love, and a destined love between...
release : 1967.10.23popularis : 1.709
Dorobō Sodachi Dorobōi
A suspense comedy about thieves starring Kazuo Funaki.
release : 1968.10.03popularis : 0.647
Sky Scraper!
A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.
release : 1969.05.14popularis : 1.495
Love and the Shop Curtain
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...
release : 1961.04.28popularis : 1.221
So Goes My Love
Shigeo is an aspiring writer living with his girl friend Minako and hoping for success and a better tomorrow every day. Both live on what Minako...
release : 1938.04.01popularis : 0.469
A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness
A rookie golfer must cope with the stress of fame after a marketing executive transforms her into a sports celebrity.
release : 1977.05.21popularis : 3.553
Love Letter
A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.
release : 1953.12.13popularis : 1.683
Spring Dreams
When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous...
release : 1960.01.03popularis : 2.041
The Conspirator
Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga,...
release : 1961.11.08popularis : 1.349
The New Road: Akemi
The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow aristocrat she thinks is a dullard. This part is...
release : 1936.11.30popularis : 0.728
Sudden Rain
A husband and wife's pet peeves and minor irritations escalate into major rifts and animosity.
release : 1956.01.14popularis : 3.653
Here Because of You
An uplifting drama about the bond between a group of high school seniors and their kind-hearted teacher, Mr. Yabuki. Faced with the rigors of growing...
release : 1964.05.23popularis : 1.513
Thus Another Day
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...
release : 1959.09.27popularis : 1.872
The Horse Boy
A humble page fathers a child by the daughter of a clan official and is banished. Years later, the child, now a stable boy, is reunited with his...
release : 1957.02.19popularis : 0.879
The Moon Has Risen
Mokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple since the war. All three daughters become involved...
release : 1955.01.08popularis : 4.685
The Maid's Kid
In order to pay back Mrs. Kajiki for her good deed in the past, Hatsu moves from her village in Akita to Tokyo to start working as a maid for her...
release : 1955.06.28popularis : 1.189
The Snowy Heron
The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, her past filled with debts and pimps...
release : 1958.11.29popularis : 1.519
Victory Song
Hisshoka is a 1945 Drama film directed by four Japanese directors.
release : 1945.02.22popularis : 1.207
Suzhou Nights
A hostile Chinese nurse (Yamaguchi) who works in an orphanage is won over by the care and commitment of the Japanese doctor (Sano) who treats her...
release : 1941.12.29popularis : 0.882
The Golden Demon
A penniless orphan loses the woman he loves, when her family arranges a marriage to a wealthy playboy. He believes she was blinded by greed, and...
release : 1937.06.10popularis : 2.442
The Cock Crows Twice
Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves.
release : 1954.11.30popularis : 3.17
Song of the Flower Basket
Three men fall in love with the same young girl who works in a tonkatsu restaurant in the Shitamachi district of Tokyo.
release : 1937.01.14popularis : 1.425
Moon Over the Ruins
Episode in the life of a composer of a popular Japanese song.
release : 1937.01.05popularis : 0.965
Fight for the Glory
Coming of age/high school sports drama.
release : 1969.12.17popularis : 2.426
Tokyo Omnibus
The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who runs a small restaurant, and his son is in love...
release : 1959.10.30popularis : 1.639
Army
A Japanes widow raises her sickly son to be strong enough to join the army and fight on the front lines of WW2.
release : 1944.12.07popularis : 2.954
Early Summer
A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.
release : 1951.10.03popularis : 11.172
Young Tree
A young girl moves to Tokyo and endures the rivalries between other high school girls of varying cultural and economic backgrounds.
release : 1956.01.22popularis : 0.848
Maria of the Ant Village
Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been...
release : 1958.12.07popularis : 1.759
Statue in Fire
Drama about young people in the Japanese rock scene starring the lead singer of Japanese rock band The Tigers (1966-1971, 1981-1983).
release : 1974.12.28popularis : 2.541
Twice on a Certain Night
Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...
release : 1956.06.08popularis : 1.141
Pretty Devil Yoko
Easily bored, but still innocent and naive countryside girl (Mako Midori) discovers partying in Tokyo is a ton of fun. Yakuza-to-be (Ichiro Araki) is...
release : 1966.03.19popularis : 2.093
Our Chief, Our Doctor
It chronicles the experiences of a neighbourhood doctor, whose taste for tonkatsu (a popular Japanese dish, similar to a pork schnitzel) earns him...
release : 1952.02.15popularis : 0.585
Let's Go in Good Spirits
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...
release : 1941.05.01popularis : 1.134
Typhoon
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...
release : 1956.12.19popularis : 1.576
Flowers of Patriotism
A nurse's tale of self-sacrifice during wartime. The title is borrowed from a patriotic song made popular by singer Hamako Watanabe during the Second...
release : 1942.11.12popularis : 1.657
That Complicated Guy
Melodrama is based on a novel by Yukio Mishima.
release : 1966.06.22popularis : 2.59