Nobuko Otowa Movies

Tradition and modernity clash when a young woman inherits a sweet-making firm in Kyoto.

Based on "Une vie" by Guy de Maupassant

Japanese comedy film.

Nine maids serve the household of a writer and his wife. The couple treat their maids like daughters and marry them off to eligible men. So, they are...

At Shizumoto, a geisha shop not far from Ginza, a group of geisha are going about their day, putting up a modest resistance to the tragedies of life....

Kabuki adaptation: A princess, a figure from the literary past who anticipates a modern woman, tempts a self-righteous priest.

One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his...

The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.

A woman looks after her father in law.

A beautiful but sad romantic melodrama about three sisters who are uninhibited, pure and lovely, and who stand tall like the peaks of a place that...

It depicts the emotional ups and downs of a designer who runs a clothing store and her husband over the course of a summer.

1980 Japanese film.

A dark family secret sends a 21-year-old French student (Hoshi) on a journey of self-discovery.

A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to be driven to despair.

Bored Hatamoto movie #14

Based on the novel by Toyoko Yamazaki.