Shigeru Ogura Movies

A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.

In Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mountainous Izu to Tokyo.

In Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the return of her ex-husband, who fathered the child and...

A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.

Based on the story of Shimizu no Jirocho.

After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his illness, Hirate Miki becomes a ronin who winds up...

Director Teruo Ishi's crime action follows the investigative adventures of an undercover cop working with a prostitution ring. It's done in an unique...

A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.

A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.

Japanese film about motorcycle racing.

A man working in a museum steals the Emperor's hat on display.

In pre-war Shanghai, a man falls in love with a mysterious woman, but she eventually disappears. Back in Japan, he is obsessed by her memory and...

Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial...

Domestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband taking place in a family-run judo school.

Natsuko Kayama, an authority in the beauty industry and once known as Miss Tokyo, is a first-class wife. Her husband, Senkichi, on the contrary, is a...

Kyôko Yashiro's film debut for Shintoho.

A married man falls for a dancer and his wife's uncle hires a private detective to spy on him. Considered to be a lost film.

A high-born woman named Okuni travels around the country with Gohei, a samurai retainer who is in service to her. They are in search of Tomonojo, who...