Story of a woman, Saiko, who divorces her doctor husband when she is given a baby by a stranger who claims it is the husband’s child. Read More »
Tag Archives: Nobuko Otowa
Akutô / A Scoundrel (1965) Kaneto Shindô, Nobuko Otowa, Kyôko Kishida, Eitarô Ozawa
A provincial warlord who has seized power after success in battle is our titular ‘scoundrel’. Read More »
An Inn at Osaka (1954) Heinosuke Gosho, Shûji Sano, Nobuko Otowa, Mitsuko Mito
An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company Read More »
Autumn Has Already Started / Aki tachinu (1960) Mikio Naruse, Nobuko Otowa, Jun Fujimaki, Kamatari Fujiwara
Single mum (father of child dead) from the country with 6th grade boy comes to Tokyo Read More »
Story of a Beloved Wife / Aisai monogatari (1951) Kaneto Shindô, Nobuko Otowa, Jûkichi Uno, Ichirô Sugai
Shindo’s directorial debut is the fictionalized account of the death of his first wife. Read More »
Rise Against the Sword / Abare Gôemon (1966) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Nobuko Otowa, Makoto Satô
Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. Read More »
Hymn / Sanka (1972) Kaneto Shindô, Nobuko Otowa
The story tells of the adoration of Sasuke for his mistress, the blind samisen-teacher Shunkin Read More »
Black Cat / Yabu no naka no kuroneko (1968) Kaneto Shindô, Kichiemon Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Kei Satô
A woman and her daughter-in-law are raped and murdered by samurais during the time of civil war. Read More »
Ninjitsu, Part II AKA Yagyû bugeichô: Sôryû hiken (1958) Hiroshi Inagaki, Kôji Tsuruta, Toshirô Mifune, Nobuko Otowa
In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing Read More »
A Room for Rent AKA Kashima ari (1959) Yûzô Kawashima, Furankî Sakai, Nobuko Otowa, Ikio Sawamura
The story follows the various tenants living in a multi-room tenement on a hill overlooking the city of Osaka. Read More »