Yuriko Hanabusa Movies

Japanese adaptation of LES MISERABLES. The last film of director Itami took inspiration from Les Miserables. Transpiring during the Southwestern War...

A "slice-of life" film about a group of high school girls in 1940s Japan.

A story of unhappy youths and the perils of lack of sex education.

Twenty-year-old Yoshiko (Setsuko Hara) and her younger sister Asako (Yōko Yaguchi) struggle to accept changes in their home during the preparations of...

Ino tries to control Mon’s every move, but she becomes a fallen woman, having an affair with a student, Obata whereas her sister San remains a “good g...

A 1943 film.

Adaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.

This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated way, introducting its story in a document...

A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.

A young man and woman are determined to marry despite opposition from her parents.

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 i...

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.

Japanese war-era film

On Wings of Love is a 1957 Japanese romantic musical film directed by Toshio Sugie. It was Toho's highest-grossing film of the year and the first film...

Parent apathy to sexual education leads to various troubles for the young cast.

Story about a poor Japanese woman living near an American army base who resorts to prostitution.