Haruko Sugimura Movies

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

Minamimura, who had always wanted to be free, suddenly quits his job. His hardworking wife is surprised and angry, and throws him out of the house....

TV drama based off the play of the same name by Yukio Mishima.

An early Japanese sound film, notable for being the only Japanese film ever to use the Western Electric Sound System. Contrary to most Western...

1945 Japanese movie

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

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

When Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the samurai Kochiyama Soshun agrees to assist.

Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their...

1945 Japanese movie

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

Drama about a young nurse who falls in love with a disabled soldier, and based a true story.

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...

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

Heitaro, who had served his firm loyally for 30 years, reaches the retirement age. He has four unmarried daughters and decides to split his...

Kazuo Miyagawa’s prizewinning black-and-white cinematography draws out the moral shadings of Nobel laureate Yasunari Kawabata’s 1952...

Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act. Instead, he listens to the...

The investigative unit of the Metropolitan Police Department organized a special investigative team to uncover a series of frequent gang robberies...