Sachiko Murase Movies

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...

A middle-aged factory engineer trains, marries, and ultimately loses a teenage bride after she enslaves him to her whims.

Blind swordsman Zatoichi, jailed briefly, is implored by another prisoner to aid him in proving his innocence of a crime for which he is sentenced to...

After arriving in the town of Shimonita, Ichi finds that a price has been put on his head by a local yakuza boss. He's drawn into a trap, but after...

A master sculptor and his apprentice are trapped in a bad snow storm after finding a special tree for carving a statue for the local temple. Finding...

In the Meiji period, a schoolteacher tries to hide his lower-class upbringing as he supports a visiting liberal intellectual.

A detective goes out of his way to crack the case of a serial killer who specialises in murdering police officers.

1942 adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's novel.

A young man leaves his widowed mother on her improverished farm and makes his career in the Japanese navy.

When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his children into unsatisfying marriages and careers in...

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

A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.

The Angry Street includes a great deal of location shooting in the rebuilt city, including downtown streets, residential neighborhoods, the campus of...

Kinichi and Akiko meet when they visit their fathers in prison. After successfully gambling on a bicycle race, they spend an enjoyable day together...

Nakano Institution is the so-called ‘Spy School’ where many young men are trained to be excellent spies. They erase their names,...

An old woman has died and her widower with dementia confesses to killing her. After this, the story goes back in time to show the events leading up...

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