Kumeko Urabe Movies

The story of Kiyoko, a young woman who has successfully managed to make a break with her dysfunctional family who have been trying to arrange a...

Comedy drama by Kon Ichikawa

The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job to her ending up as a prostitute.

In the heart of the Japanese Alps, in Kamikochi, Nagano Prefecture, botany professor Kazuhiko Onuma spends time with Tsuruko, his lover. One night,...

Jiro, a smooth-talking, womanizing bartender, flees from a Yakuza boss to Yanagase.

A story about club hostesses in Osaka.

A film adaptation of the novel of the same title written by Hiroshi Hatayama (畑山博).

Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in postwar Japan.

While working in an education center for lonely children, a mother seeks her missing son.

1959 adaptation of Junichiro Tanizaki's novel.

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...

Experienced shipyard worker Shimazaki gets an offer of free lodging from his employer in the company seaside rest house if he agrees to see to its...

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Released in 2 parts. His only release of 1931. Considered a lost film.

This drama of middle-class life in postwar Japan tells the story lower-middle-class workers in the city of Kawasaki, and their troubles and travails.