Kumeko Urabe Movies

Melodrama by Kon Ichikawa

1963 Japanese movie

Eiichiro, a talented young salesman, grows disillusioned with office politics and returns to his family’s traditional tofu business, applying...

A hospital melodrama where the conflict between love and friendship rules the faith of the protagonists.

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...

Shizuko Kasagi and Hideko Takamine star as young women who try to raise money for a needy old friend by becoming wandering singers who work for tips...

A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.

Tōjin Okichi is a 1930 film by Kenji Mizoguchi based on the novel by Gisaburo Juichiya. Only 4 minutes have survived. The fragment has been...

1962 Japanese movie

Adaptation of the novel by Bunroku Shishi.

After the boxing champion retires, the head of a powerful gym, Minegishi (So Yamamura), recommends Yamanaka (Hiroshi Kawaguchi), who is no longer in...

A film adaptation of the novel of the same title written by Hiroshi Hatayama (畑山博).

The film adaptation of Yuzo Yamamoto's novel tells the story of the difficult fate of a single mother in pre-war Japan.

1962 Japanese movie

Japanese war film.

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Released in 2 parts. His only release of 1931. Considered a lost film.