Nobuko Otowa Movies

Onibaba

80/100

Two women kill samurai and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask.

Kuroneko

78/100

Two women are raped and killed by samurai soldiers. Soon they reappear as vengeful ghosts who seduce and brutally murder the passing samurai.

The Naked Island

83/100

A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.

Miss Oyu

77/100

Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu...

Tree Without Leaves

83/100

Haru, an aging scriptwriter, has isolated himself somewhere in the woods of Nagano to work on his first novel. As the last surviving member of his kin, he intends to chronicle the family he grew up in.

Children of Hiroshima

79/100

Post war Hiroshima: It's been four years since the last time she visited her hometown. Takako faces the after effects of the A-bomb when she travels around the city to call on old friends.

Bitter Spirit

74/100

A young woman is forced by circumstance into a loveless marriage while still in love with another. This episodic tale follows their story through three decades of bitter conflict which engulfs their children and those around them.

Todesstrahlen aus dem Weltall

64/100

This Japanese film speculates on the events which lead the U.S. and the Soviet Union into a nuclear Armageddon.

Mikan no taikyoku

73/100

Ten years before the outbreak of the Second World War in Asia, a Japanese Go master and his Chinese...

A Last Note

71/100

Yoko is a famous actress who goes to a mountain chalet for a few days rest. There, she learns a secret from her companion Toyoko.

Rise Against the Sword

72/100

During the Age of Warring States in feudal Japan, Kaga's Seven Clans of peasants unite to rebel against the local samurai warlords who oppress them.

Yagyû bugeichô: Sôryû hiken

68/100

In the Tokugawa Era, the clan of Lord Yagyu has hidden away three scrolls containing clan secrets which, if revealed, would cause revolution and disaster for the clan. The information is ... See full summary »

A Scoundrel

72/100

Autumn Has Already Started

71/100

Human

69/100

The ship Kaijin Maru is left adrift after losing all means of navigation in a storm. The four people on the ship are becoming increasingly desperate as food and water run out.

Live Today, Die Tomorrow!

71/100

After leaving high school, Michio Yamada (Norio Nagayama in the real life incidents) becomes involved in the shudan shushoku...

Story of a Beloved Wife

68/100

Shindo's directorial debut is the fictionalized account of the death of his first wife. Following the breakout of the Pacific War...

The Life of Chikuzan

72/100

Ôkami

70/100

Time; a few years after the surrender of Japan in the Second World War. The country is in ruins, economy devastated...

Hymn

71/100

Dobu

76/100

The Three Undelivered Letters

65/100

For the study of Japanese culture, the Pope came to the United States youth Yamaguchi Di Tang Zeguang political home town. Karasawa home has three very beautiful daughters: the eldest ... See full synopsis »

Burakkubôdo

67/100

Black Board tells the story of middle school bullying taken to the point of homicide in this 1986 classic.

Radishes and Carrots

65/100

Libido

68/100