Haruko Sugimura Movies

In Japanese theater, women's roles are traditionally played by men. The man playing the woman's role, the Onnagata, does not imitate the woman, as in...

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

Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga,...

The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and the women in his life who are both so determined...

A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has encounters with old friends and acquaintances who bring...

Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely...

Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy. When his father goes insane, he is...

Though plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his family's longstanding military tradition.

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

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

Part 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and Kohei, marrying upward, and being blackmailed by the...

Troubled medical student Haruo navigates a toxic relationship with his mother and a dangerous affair with former classmate Eiko, leading to a murder...

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

After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life...

Inochi uruwashi

A divorced woman enters a marriage arranged by her mother in exchange for money to save the life of her seriously ill son.

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.

A sequel to Geisha Konatsu (1954).

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...

One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his...