Sachiko Murase Movies

In January 1904, the situation between Japan and Russia had grown tense. The Emperor Meiji is deeply concerned, for Russia has started to build an...

Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.

Three stories about the relationship between men and women: "Playgirl" (Masumura/Shirasaka), "Company No. 2" (Yoshimura/Kasahara), and "San Nyotai"...

Iwabuchi of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division cooperates with Kubo of the Foreign Affairs Division in re-investigating the...

The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’...

1959 youth comedy.

An antique shop "Jidaiya" sells time not antiques. One day a lady run into this shop with a cat.

Part two of Shimizu's major silent Seven Seas, a family drama of the intertwining fates of the rich, decadent Yagibashis and the far less prosperous...

Keiko is pretty and intelligent but her home life is not a happy one. Never having known a father's love, she develops a possessive attachment to Mr....

An elderly woman devoted to her foster-daughter searches for a good husband for her.

The film adaptation of Yuzo Yamamoto's novel tells the story of the difficult fate of a single mother in pre-war Japan.

A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.

A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki...

1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel.

A clash between old and new ideas set against the backdrop of a long-established store in Osaka.

Japanese mystery thriller.