Sachiko Murase Movies

An elderly Nagasaki hibakusha spends a summer caring for her four grandchildren, whose curiosity about the 1945 bombing stirs buried memories and...

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

Two sculptors spend the night in a mountain lodge after being caught in a snowstorm. A female spirit appears and takes the life of one of the men....

A pioneer farmer's stubborn dream of building Japan's greatest ranch is put to the test when a leisure resort company sets its sights on his...

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

This story takes place at a school under the new educational system. It all began when a love letter addressed to Takeshi Kodama, the straightforward...

A wealthy young man, engaged through family arrangement, meets a humble shop girl after she finds his lost ring. Their growing affection challenges...

Japanese mystery thriller.

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

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

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...

A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

In a peaceful town near the Seto Inland Sea, a threatening letter arrives along with the ringing of a telephone... A thriller-comedy that sets this...

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

A youth drama set in a Japanese university which is home to a group of active, leftist students.

After winning big at the races, Torajiro Kuruma wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii to partly pay the great filial debt he feels he...