Sadako Sawamura Movies
- 1959
Good Morning
Good Morning7.71959HD
A lighthearted take on director Yasujiro Ozu’s perennial theme of the challenges of intergenerational relationships, Good Morning tells...
- 1968
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze
The Young Eagles of the Kamikaze61968HD
The film is dedicated to the souls of flight school graduates killed in World War II. Young boys dream about becoming pilots and apply to flight...
- 1960
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs7.9091960HD
Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful...
- 1960
Late Autumn
Late Autumn7.781960HD
A woman and her daughter are each forced to contend with an increasing pressure to marry, particularly from three men who knew her late husband.
- 1952
The Life of Oharu
The Life of Oharu7.7781952HD
In Edo Period Japan, a noblewoman's banishment for her love affair with a lowly page signals the beginning of her inexorable fall.
- 1962
47 Ronin
47 Ronin7.31962HD
After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their...
- 1965
A Fugitive from the Past
A Fugitive from the Past7.4571965HD
Three robbers escape with loot from a heist before one of them kills the others. Their corpses wash up near the aftermath of a maritime calamity,...
- 1960
Hero of the Red Light District
Hero of the Red Light District8.61960HD
A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring...
- 1956
Street of Shame
Street of Shame7.6521956HD
The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
- 1964
Night Scandal in Japan
Night Scandal in Japan01964HD
Mayumi Ogawa stars in the tale of a Turkey miss—basically a prostitute who services men in Turkish baths—whose plans to get rich in the...
- 1961
Zero Focus
Zero Focus6.61961HD
One week into newlywed Teiko Uhara's marriage, her husband, Kenichi, leaves on a short business trip and never returns. Teiko travels across Japan to...
- 1961
The Catch
The Catch6.31961HD
Towards the end of the Second World War, a downed U.S. pilot is captured and imprisoned by rural Japanese villagers, who await official instructions...
- 1954
Late Chrysanthemums
Late Chrysanthemums7.31954HD
With delicate, unobtrusive strokes, Naruse evokes both the humor and bitterness of his characters’ dilemmas, in this bleak, compelling poignant...
- 1956
Bridge of Japan
Bridge of Japan7.31956HD
Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic...
- 1959
Whistling in the morning
Whistling in the morning01959HD
Minoru delivered newspapers to earn money for high school, but when his mother came down with illness he decided to use this money for her doctor's...
- 1957
The Blue Sky Maiden
The Blue Sky Maiden6.7751957HD
Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she...
- 1957
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen
Zokuzoku Ôban: Dotô hen01957HD
Ushinosuke returns to his hometown to become a farmer. Part three (of four) of the film adaptation of Bunroku Shishi’s novel, Oban.
- 1962
In Search of Mother
In Search of Mother61962HD
Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza. When he hears that his mother may be living in...
- 1957
Untamed Woman
Untamed Woman71957HD
A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive...
- 1960
The Dangerous Kiss
The Dangerous Kiss01960HD
Starring Akira Takarada as a lightweight boxing champion.