Movies: Narumi Kayashima

The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii wh...

Two young women must come to terms with the fact that a man they're deeply linked to is a murdering rapist....

A four-part anthology in the spirit of The Twilight Zone, this film starts off with a group of commuters stranded at a train station in the rain, listening to stories told by one of the group. These include tales of a group stranded in the mountains ...

An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and self-involved....

Masutatsu Oyama is recruited by his former Army friend to work for a crew of gangsters, but when they kill both his girlfriend and his best friend, Oyama flees away to a small town where he both learns lessons in martial arts philosophy from a wander...

A group of men living a low life in Edo help each other to make the best out of their lives....

The second film in the 20 Duels of Young Shingo trilogy directed by Sadatsugu Matsuda....

Two groups are after the legendary Yagyu Secret Scrolls. A princess of a disgraced clan and her loyal servant want it to clear their family's name. And a rival clan wants it to destroy the Yagyu family. Only master swordsman, Yagyu Jubei stands in th...

A young girl, Okimi, falls in love with Kiritaro, a handsome thief disguised as a wealthy young master....

In order to pay back Mrs. Kajiki for her good deed in the past, Hatsu moves from her village in Akita to Tokyo to start working as a maid for her family. She grows close to their youngest son Katsumi, experiencing things that will change her view on ...

Ginko's younger brother Tetsuro, a failed comedian, is the oddball of the family. Embarrassing, loud and plain inappropriate at times causes Ginko to disown him. The two reunite when she discovers Tetsuro is terminally ill. Tetsuro’s impending death ...

The four kinds of love that Yuriko experiences, namely, a childhood longing love, a dream of marriage, a maternal love, and a destined love between parents and children over two generations, as well as the sisterly love between Yuriko and her sister ...

Shunsuke Honma is a detective from the #1 investigation team at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Shunsuke takes a leave from work due to an injury. One day, his relative comes to see him and asks him if he can find his missing fiance Akiko S...

A young man working as a cameraman in Tokyo is visited for three days by his parents from the countryside....

1961 Japanese movie...

Young Lord Taihei goes to Edo to find the lost family treasure, a plover incense burner, under the disguise of a ronin....

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Photographer Tadashi (Shinsuke Akagi) and design company Yuko (Mariko Junko) who are working part-time are married people who have both built ordinary households. However, as they happen to meet each other, they gradually become more and more attract...

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A widower and his daughter deal with the death of the man's wife....