Nobuko Otowa
Známy pre: Acting
Narodeniny: 1925-10-01
Miesto narodenia: Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Taktiež známy ako: Nobuko Kaji, 오토와 노부코, Нобуко Отова
Women of Ginza
At Shizumoto, a geisha shop not far from Ginza, a group of geisha are going about their day, putting up a modest resistance to the tragedies of life....
Uvoľnenie : 1955.04.01Popularita : 0.882
Onibaba
While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever...
Uvoľnenie : 1964.11.21Popularita : 15.011
The Naked Island
A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.
Uvoľnenie : 1960.11.23Popularita : 8.651
Dorodarake no seishun
Shigeki Kachi, Tosuke Satomura, and Nanako, who belong to the theater company Vuanbert around Dosa, withdrew at the indignation of the chairman...
Uvoľnenie : 1954.09.21Popularita : 0.596
Kuroneko
In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai...
Uvoľnenie : 1968.02.24Popularita : 8.753
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...
Uvoľnenie : 1962.03.03Popularita : 0.841
Strong Women, Weak Men
After a mine collapses and leaves her husband employed, Fumiko moves to Kyoto with her daughter Kimiko and becomes a hostess.
Uvoľnenie : 1968.06.30Popularita : 0.58
Miss Oyu
Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to...
Uvoľnenie : 1951.06.22Popularita : 5.425
Don't Mind
Set in downtown Tokyo, it depicts the activities of a weak youth baseball team, the Chidori Boys, and the ordinary people who live there.
Uvoľnenie : 1990.03.03Popularita : 2.259
Children of Hiroshima
Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in...
Uvoľnenie : 1952.08.06Popularita : 3.075
The Ceremony
Oshima’s magisterial epic, centering on the ambivalent surviving heir of the Sakurada clan, uses ritual and the microcosm of the traditional...
Uvoľnenie : 1971.05.18Popularita : 5.133
Edo Porn
The world-famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend...
Uvoľnenie : 1981.09.12Popularita : 12.217
Hanayome-san wa sekai-ichi
A young Japanese-American comes from California looking for a bride, going on blind dates with three candidates from Osaka, Hiroshima and Nagoya.
Uvoľnenie : 1959.11.22Popularita : 2.88
The Last War
A Japanese family is torn apart by the tensions of an avoidable nuclear world war between the superpowers.
Uvoľnenie : 1961.10.08Popularita : 4.214
A Last Note
A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has encounters with old friends and acquaintances who bring...
Uvoľnenie : 1995.06.03Popularita : 1.856
Yaji and Kita on the Road
Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their...
Uvoľnenie : 1958.04.29Popularita : 4.096
Human
The ship Kaijin Maru is left adrift after losing all means of navigation in a storm. The four people on the ship are becoming increasingly desperate...
Uvoľnenie : 1962.11.04Popularita : 2.632
Red Lion
Japan, February 1868. As the Tokugawa shogunate declines and the power of Emperor Meiji grows, Gonzo, a soldier of the Restoration Army, returns to...
Uvoľnenie : 1969.10.10Popularita : 4.654
Lucky Dragon No. 5
An ageing fishing boat, Dai-go Fukuryu Maru ("Lucky Dragon No. 5") sets out from the port of Yaizu in Shizuoka Prefecture. It travels around the...
Uvoľnenie : 1959.02.18Popularita : 2.591
Tree Without Leaves
Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his...
Uvoľnenie : 1986.11.15Popularita : 2.909
Yagyu Secret Scrolls: Ninjitsu - Part II
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and...
Uvoľnenie : 1958.01.03Popularita : 2.582
Live Today, Die Tomorrow!
Michio Yamada, a recent school graduate, is sent to Tokyo to work as a fruit-packer in a department store as part of a government programme. He takes...
Uvoľnenie : 1970.10.31Popularita : 4.193
Demon
Shuji was once a feared member of the Yakuza crime syndicate, but he's reformed his ways, abandoned his old life and left the city for a small...
Uvoľnenie : 1985.08.31Popularita : 2.778
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...
Uvoľnenie : 1954.04.20Popularita : 4.953
Flower Shop Curtain
The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.
Uvoľnenie : 1959.01.27Popularita : 1.801
Conquest
Provincial 14th century governor Moronao, attracted to the wife of a court magistrate, tries to seduce her and when she rejects his advances plots to...
Uvoľnenie : 1965.11.21Popularita : 2.605
The Iron Crown
A woman takes revenge on her husband after he leaves her for a younger woman by harassing the couple with unwanted phone calls at night.
Uvoľnenie : 1972.04.22Popularita : 5.281
Black Board
Takeshi Yasui, a junior high school student is found dead in a river. The police investigate it as a murder related to bullying. The dead boy turns...
Uvoľnenie : 1986.09.17Popularita : 2.295
My Way
Based on a true story, an elderly woman resiliently spends nine months attempting to retrieve her husband's dead body, fighting government...
Uvoľnenie : 1974.09.07Popularita : 2.785
Nami kage
Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.
Uvoľnenie : 1965.01.31Popularita : 1.689
The Ditch
Toku, a factory worker gives food to a starving woman, Tsuru, who then follows him home. He shares a shack in a shanty village in Kawasaki with his...
Uvoľnenie : 1954.07.27Popularita : 2.532
Children on the Island
The story of a teacher who comes to a village on the Inland Sea and the relationship that develops between her and her 12 pupils.
Uvoľnenie : 1987.07.11Popularita : 1.589
Story of a Beloved Wife
Story of a Beloved Wife is an autobiographical work based on Shindo's first marriage. Jūkichi Uno stars as a struggling screenwriter, and Nobuko...
Uvoľnenie : 1951.09.07Popularita : 2.02
Arashi Tatsunari
Can a woman love two men at the same time? Set against the backdrop of Kyoto's rich history, this story depicts a woman's difficult choice for love....
Uvoľnenie : 1982.08.25Popularita : 0.92
The Life of Chikuzan
A 1977 Japanese biographical film directed by Kaneto Shindo based on the life of shamisen player Takahashi Chikuzan.
Uvoľnenie : 1977.03.17Popularita : 1.462
喜劇 駅前飯店
The fifth "Ekimae" film set in Yokohama's Chinatown.
Uvoľnenie : 1962.12.23Popularita : 2.552
The Scent of Incense
After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life...
Uvoľnenie : 1964.05.24Popularita : 2.388
The Radish and the Carrot
One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his...
Uvoľnenie : 1965.01.03Popularita : 1.465
Murahachibu
A villager's family is ostracized after he makes an accusation of rigged elections
Uvoľnenie : 1953.03.21Popularita : 1.32
Miniature
Ginko, a poor cobbler's daughter, becomes a geisha to support her family. She passes from one geisha house to the next, trying to find love and hope...
Uvoľnenie : 1953.04.01Popularita : 2.357
The Tale of Genji
Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his...
Uvoľnenie : 1951.06.11Popularita : 3.511
Hymn
The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin, who treats him imperiously and subjects him to cruel...
Uvoľnenie : 1972.12.29Popularita : 1.495
Heat Wave Island
Otowa is a former Seto Inland Sea island farmer who has moved to the mainland in order to find work, but instead ends up dead. The film begins with...
Uvoľnenie : 1969.10.29Popularita : 1.352
The Approach of Autumn
A single mother from the country raising a 6th grade boy comes to Tokyo, leaves the boy to live with his uncle's family, runs a struggling grocery...
Uvoľnenie : 1960.10.01Popularita : 4.612
Monument to the Girl's Corps
In 1943, critical developments in the Pacific War have placed Japan at a disadvantage, although the fiery breaths of war hadn't yet reached Okinawa...
Uvoľnenie : 1968.09.21Popularita : 3.036
Geisha in the Old City
Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a moving look at the lives of women of tenacity and...
Uvoľnenie : 1957.10.13Popularita : 1
Lost in the Wilderness
The life and travels of adventurer Naomi Uemura, who disappeared in Alaska in 1984. A member of the first Japanese expedition to reach the summit of...
Uvoľnenie : 1986.06.07Popularita : 2.897
A Woman’s Uphill Slope
Tradition and modernity clash when a young woman inherits a sweet-making firm in Kyoto.
Uvoľnenie : 1960.06.17Popularita : 2.811
The Wolves
A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a...
Uvoľnenie : 1955.07.03Popularita : 3.116
Wedding Ring
A jewelry store president begins to fall for the doctor treating her husband's illness.
Uvoľnenie : 1950.07.01Popularita : 2.513
Nurse's Husband
“Quit working as a nurse!” “All right, I will!” thus began the married life of Yasuo and Keiko. But the reality is harsh....
Uvoľnenie : 1980.05.10Popularita : 2.587
The Ataka Family
Soichi Ataka is the eldest son of Ataka family. Although mentally challenged, he's a person with a gentle heart. Soichi's wife, Kuniko is devoted to...
Uvoľnenie : 1952.05.15Popularita : 3.013
Onna no Natsu
It depicts the emotional ups and downs of a designer who runs a clothing store and her husband over the course of a summer.
Uvoľnenie : 1975.06.29Popularita : 1.406
The Twilight Story
In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a hooker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets an unmarried teacher...
Uvoľnenie : 1960.08.28Popularita : 0.837
The Heart
The relationship between a rich young student and his lower class friend changes when they start to live both at a guest house. Both will be...
Uvoľnenie : 1973.10.27Popularita : 1.613
Immortal Love
The year is 1932, and a woman, whose tenant-farmer fiancé is fighting in China, is raped by the landowner's son, who has returned from the war...
Uvoľnenie : 1961.09.16Popularita : 6.724
Hunting Rifle
Story of a woman, Saiko, who divorces her doctor husband when she is given a baby by a stranger who claims it is the husband's child. Saiko embarks...
Uvoľnenie : 1961.01.03Popularita : 0.545
When Women Lie
Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai"...
Uvoľnenie : 1963.03.30Popularita : 6.292
Once a Rainy Day
Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.
Uvoľnenie : 1966.10.01Popularita : 1.748
Location
The melodramatic story of a pink crew’s tragi-comedic adventures on location. A fictionalized adaptation of set photographer Ichiro Tsuda's...
Uvoľnenie : 1984.09.22Popularita : 1.896
The Twilight Years
A woman looks after her father in law.
Uvoľnenie : 1973.01.15Popularita : 1.297
The Incident
The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife, has been found in a forest. Some days later, Ueda Hiroshi, a 19-year-old...
Uvoľnenie : 1978.06.03Popularita : 2.304
When a Woman Loves
Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.
Uvoľnenie : 1959.09.24Popularita : 1.046
By Player
The film is a series of vignettes from Taiji Tonoyama's life and film clips, interspersed with a dialogue to camera by Nobuko Otowa, addressing the...
Uvoľnenie : 2000.12.02Popularita : 2.1
The Strangling
The men who surround and torment the young protagonist (demanding teacher, owner of the company that rapes his own daughter, despotic and...
Uvoľnenie : 1979.06.02Popularita : 1.441
Mother
A divorced woman enters a marriage arranged by her mother in exchange for money to save the life of her seriously ill son.
Uvoľnenie : 1963.11.08Popularita : 2.776
Free and Easy 5
Hama-chan shows up to work with his son on his back when his wife goes to her class reunion and his mother throws her back out.
Uvoľnenie : 1992.12.26Popularita : 1.22
Room for Let
When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre...
Uvoľnenie : 1959.06.02Popularita : 2.052
Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director
In 39 interviews with actors and actresses, writers, producers and staff members, interspersed with film excerpts and stills, Shindō recounts...
Uvoľnenie : 1975.05.24Popularita : 2.978
Reminiscence
Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s 1952...
Uvoľnenie : 1953.01.15Popularita : 1.305
Makeraremasen katsumadewa
Comedy based on the writings of Ango Sakaguchi.
Uvoľnenie : 1958.01.09Popularita : 1.185
Born in Sin
A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.
Uvoľnenie : 1962.11.23Popularita : 1.047
The Three Treasures
The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the...
Uvoľnenie : 1959.11.01Popularita : 7.498
Love is Lost
Based on the novel by Torahiko Tamiya.
Uvoľnenie : 1956.02.05Popularita : 1.467
The Maid Story
Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are...
Uvoľnenie : 1963.06.16Popularita : 1.172
The Three Undelivered Letters
A young Japanese-American man arrives at his grandmother's old hometown in Yamaguchi, begins to stay at her family's elite but dysfunctional...
Uvoľnenie : 1979.10.06Popularita : 2.755
Lost Sex
A well-respected drama teacher confesses to his housekeeper that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima has left him impotent. With the coming of spring,...
Uvoľnenie : 1966.08.27Popularita : 1.17
Rise Against the Sword
Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. He raises an army of farmers to fight them and does so brilliantly. When Lord Asakura sees...
Uvoľnenie : 1966.11.25Popularita : 2.076
The Shop Curtain
Based on the novel by Toyoko Yamazaki.
Uvoľnenie : 1958.06.15Popularita : 1.226
Shin ono ga tsumi
20th film adaptation of the novel Ono ga tsumi (published 1900-1901).
Uvoľnenie : 1956.10.09Popularita : 0.357
The Youth and His Amulet
Gen is a lonely orphan boy. His sole sense of companionship comes from an imaginary friend, the god Prince Fudo-Myo. Prince Fudo-Myo comes to the...
Uvoľnenie : 1961.09.17Popularita : 2.113
The Island Closest to Heaven
A Japanese teenager travels to New Caledonia in search of the fabled "island closest to heaven" that her late father had told her about.
Uvoľnenie : 1984.12.15Popularita : 1.927
Floating Vessel
Floating Vessel (源氏物語 浮舟 , Ukifune) is a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. Drawn...
Uvoľnenie : 1957.04.29Popularita : 1.316
Actress
Based on Kakuko Mori's autobiography, about her life and retirement from acting due to her increasing blindness.
Uvoľnenie : 1956.11.27Popularita : 1.334
Dream Street
A comedy about the lives of people living in the shopping district of Osaka.
Uvoľnenie : 1989.08.05Popularita : 0.886
The Strange Tale of Oyuki
A story of Japanese writer Kafu Nagai (1879-1959), a man about sixty with a huge reputation of seducer who falls madly in love for a young geisha...
Uvoľnenie : 1992.06.06Popularita : 5.324
Sakura-tai Chiru
A documentary about the lives of actors in the Sakura-tai theatrical troupe, which had arrived in the island of Hiroshima to begin preparations for...
Uvoľnenie : 1988.04.01Popularita : 3.081
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...
Uvoľnenie : 1956.06.08Popularita : 1.141
Onna no issho
Based on "Une vie" by Guy de Maupassant
Uvoľnenie : 1953.11.23Popularita : 1.216
Ten Duels of Young Shingo: Chapter 3
The final part takes Shingo into a confrontation with his friend Yagyu Katsunoshin’s uncle in a duel that could change the destiny of Japan.
Uvoľnenie : 1982.07.30Popularita : 1.14
The Beauty and the Dragon
Kabuki adaptation: A princess, a figure from the literary past who anticipates a modern woman, tempts a self-righteous priest.
Uvoľnenie : 1955.10.03Popularita : 3.106
The Horizon
Hideo is sold in marriage to a Japanese farmer in San Francisco to settle her family's debt. Over the next 20 years, the couple works hard and raises...
Uvoľnenie : 1984.02.11Popularita : 1.696
A Good Man, A Good Day
The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his surroundings. When his daughter Tokiko is asked to...
Uvoľnenie : 1961.08.13Popularita : 2.285
Shojohou
A beautiful but sad romantic melodrama about three sisters who are uninhibited, pure and lovely, and who stand tall like the peaks of a place that...
Uvoľnenie : 1950.12.02Popularita : 2.008