Tanie Kitabayashi Movies

Students in a small rural school love their poor but unconventional teacher Mr. Matsukuma, although he is misunderstood by most of the villagers and...

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just...

A detective sets out on a manhunt to catch a murderer before the crime's statue of limitations runs out.

From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.

A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to be driven to despair.

When a US army sergeant is found drowned in Tokyo Bay, an investigation is launched to determine how and why he lost his life. The investigation...

Hatsuko, a nurse who was put in charge of Room Zero in the pediatric ward, couldn't believe her eyes when she entered the room. There she found a boy...

Sayo has just celebrated her sixteenth birthday when she attends a temple festival. On her way back she sees a large cherry tree which is infamous...

Brothers Koji and Seitaro Hatana, belong to the "outcast" caste. Despite their personal qualities—intelligence and fairness—they...

Nanjo, a new teacher at a girls' high school, unwittingly becomes the object of gossip when he buys underwear for Shimizu and spends his vacation...

A film set in Nagasaki examining prejudice against atom bomb victims.

In a small town, Tomoko, a new bus conductor, works hard to prove herself. She crosses paths with Saburō, the company president’s playful...

A high school boy and girl in the midst of their youth try to get their parents to remarry.

The three Matsunami sisters navigate adulthood and the complex social pressures of finding a husband while living under their traditional...

1961 Japanese movie

A young girl knows that she is going to die and in this she is supported by the devotion of the boy who loves her. They originally met at the...

Two friends, both members of a Japanese cargo boat, return to Japan after a three-month voyage and have just 24 hours shore leave. In those hectic...