Sadako Sawamura Movies

Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza. When he hears that his mother may be living in...

The life of a toilet-seller during the Japanese Economic Miracle.

Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.

Tane, the lady proprietor of an inn for amorous couples, lives there with her three children. When her eldest daughter loses her fiancé due to...

A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities.

Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.

The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and then taking the credit.

Comedy about a 50-something movie director, his new bride, a classical dancer, and his adult son and daughter and their loves.

Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves.

The story of a young couple deeply in love with each other but, because of complications and misunderstandings created by the people surrounding...

A playboy bartender pretends to be gay in order to approach women. He is in cahoots with another opportunist, a young woman who is trying to seduce a...

The Nakata family, father, mother, son Hideo, and daughters Taeko and Akiko live in the poorer section of modern Tokyo. Their troubles start when the...