Natsuko Kahara Movies

The story of an orphan girl, brought up in naive, rustic innocence by an elderly relative, who is suddenly exposed to the brutality, greed and...

A father gives his four daughters his substantial retirement allowance on the stipulation that they leave him alone, as he wants some freedom. Each...

When he was a little boy, Tokitō Kensaku was sent to live with his paternal grandfather and his mistress Oei. Years later, Kensaku realizes he...

A woman remembers her own marriage when dealing with the love life of her son.

Based on a blockbuster song by Kaguyahime, a folk group. Makoto, a college student who belongs to a puppet theatre club, meets Michiko, who works at...

Hideyuki Mitamura, a student at a private school near Osaka, is kidnapped on his way home from school.

A Hiromichi Horikawa movie

Members of a country family react differently to the return of daughter Mon from a town factory.While the men are angry she is pregnant with no...

A Japanese family weathers much hardship after their military uncle comes to live with them during WWII.

The night in Ginza was shimmering with neon lights. A grand celebration was being held for the seventh anniversary of the club "Ayako." Among the...

The real mother of the two children of a respectable university professor is not his wife, but his mistress, the hostess of a Ginza bar the family...

The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The film tells about the difficult relationship between the...

Living in a house that has lost its man to the war a year earlier are the widow and her child. Four of the dead man's friends gather to have an...

1961 Japanese movie

Story about a poor Japanese woman living near an American army base who resorts to prostitution.

One of Kinugasa's last films--based on the story by Tanizaki Jun'ichirō.

In this Japanese drama, a village girl goes to Tokyo and becomes a sex worker to support her ailing mother. While there she meets a teacher and falls...

1974 Japanese movie

Natsuko’s daughter Saori is born blind in 1941, just before her father is drafted. Despite an attempted surgery and years of struggle, her...