Haruko Sugimura Movies

Saburo and Keiko fall in love with each other but the tide of war separates them.

Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after...

Drama about the lives of the five daughters and daughter-in-law of a store owner.

The tragedy of the geiko girl Ume and the men who try to pursue her.

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

An episodic film about life in and around a rural police station and the people it serves.

A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about joining the navy to fight for his country. He convinces his...

After the death of a colleague, the workers at a factory form a labor union.

An Indian prince leaves his world of comfort and riches behind to wander and meditate for six years in search of spiritual enlightenment. Siddartha...

Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys serving him tea, despite the fact that...

Kanae, who broke up with her husband and moved to her uncle's house, met two men when her father, a university professor, collapsed. Michihara, a...

Ushimatsu's father told him never to reveal his lower-caste heritage; years later, he now contemplates confiding in an activist fighting against such...

Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who...

A small-town boy with a learning disability attempts to fit in with his classmates.

Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl.

Inochi uruwashi

A Japanese family weathers much hardship after their military uncle comes to live with them during WWII.