Michiyo Kogure Movies

Drunken Angel

78/100

A drunken doctor with a hot temper and a violence-prone gangster with tuberculosis form a quicksilver bond.

Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice

80/100

A childless middle-aged couple faces a marital crisis of sorts.

Gion bayashi

77/100

In the post-war, the sixteen year-old teenager Eiko seeks out the geisha Miyoharu in the district of Gion...

Taira Clan Saga

75/100

Special Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating the uprising of pirates in the western sea of Japan. But because the high courtiers dislike career ... See full summary »

Portrait of Madame Yuki

73/100

Young servant girl Hamako has just started working for her personal hero, Madame Yuki. Her romanticized view of the Madame is broken immediately, as she is introduced with a list of the Madame's personal problems.

Aoi sanmyaku

70/100

When a post-war high school girl is seen with an older boy many find the nontraditional notion unacceptable and try to trick the girl and also assail her right to continue the relationship.... See full summary »

Zoku aoi sanmyaku

64/100

In this sequel to Aoi sanmyaku (1949) the focus is not on the students', but the teachers' life. When one day a love letter is discovered it escalates into case over which teacher and ... See full summary »

Genji monogatari

69/100

Based on the classic novel by Murasaki Shikibu, written over 1000 years ago. Genji, the son of the emperor...

In Search of Mother

67/100

The protagonist Chujiro, who possesses many attractive qualities, is a victim of unkind circumstances: his mother abandoned him as a child...

Four Love Stories

66/100

Fireworks Over the Sea

60/100

Hiya-meshi to Osan to Chan

71/100

Okoma: The Orphan Gambler

70/100

Kigeki: Tonkatsu ichidai

72/100

Inazuma sôshi

67/100

Waka oyabun o kese

43/100

Honoo no mai

56/100

Takuji spies a house on the hill while wandering on the beach. He is invited in and treated as an honoured guest, especially by the lovely young Kiyono. They soon marry, but as the year is ... See full summary »

Onnakeizu

85/100

Meiji ichidai onna

50/100

Yakan chûgaku

88/100

Shiawase wa ano hoshi no shita ni

Oka wa hanazakari

Osho ichidai

Ujô

Jiyû gakkô