Naoko Ohtani Movies

This is a sad and beautiful story about a father who is a popular comedian and a son who suffered by an incurable disease.

Based on the life of artist Yumeji Takehisa

It is based on the story of The Ballad of Narayama updated to the present day, with the substitution of putting a parent into an old people's home...

After the war-time government orders the disbanding of the Big-Six baseball league, the teams of Waseda and Keio universities play one final game...

Yasutake Shingo works as a newspaper reporter but his life is stiffled and lifeless. That changes one day when he meets the irrepressible Matsunaga...

A young woman returns to the island where she grew up.

The body of Shinsuke Maeda, a wealthy older man, is discovered in his garden. While at first glance it appears that he missed his step while exiting...

On the day his mother dies, young gambler Jirocho swears in front of her grave that he'll never gamble again. But, that night, Jirocho heads to a...

Shohei works as a doctor in a seaside hospital. One day, a new patient is admitted to the hospital with ovarian cancer. Shohei is surprised to...

A widow and her two sons, Seitaro and Koji, live in the small town of Komori, where Buraku people are forced to reside. The two boys are...

Toei studios last ninkyo eiga of the 70's.

An epic drama depicting the lineage of a military family that lived for three generations before, during, and after World War II, against the...