Haruko Sugimura Movie Trailers
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An Inlet of Muddy Water Trailer (1953)
23 November 1953
A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about the difficult situation a young woman finds herself in.
A Diary of Our Love Trailer (1941)
07 November 1941
Drama about a young nurse who falls in love with a disabled soldier, and based a true story.
Jidanya Trailer (1963)
30 October 1963
Every day a car accident happens in the city. The involved parties are prey to the settlement agents (jidanya), mediators between the parts and the insurance companies to avoid time-consuming legal actions that could come when no settlement is reached (while cheating both parties out of some piece of the settlement pay).
Tokyo Story Trailer (1953)
03 November 1953
The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo.
The Conspirator Trailer (1961)
08 November 1961
Young lord Saburo Nobuyasu struggles to find comfort in life. His arranged marriage to Tokuhime, daughter of one-time family enemy Oda Nobunaga, provides little happiness.
Red Beard Trailer (1965)
04 March 1965
Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard.
Deep River Melody Trailer (1960)
13 September 1960
A poignant story about a young couple, Setsu and Chozo, who are torn apart to save Setsu's father's restaurant.
Ōhinata-mura Trailer (1940)
30 October 1940
The year is 1936. Ōhinata-mura was a very poor village between deep valleys. Soncho, the village head is trying to collect the village taxes from the villagers but he knows full well that no one can afford to pay the village tax which has been unpaid for years.
Wedding Day Trailer (1940)
20 March 1940
Twenty-year-old Yoshiko (Setsuko Hara) and her younger sister Asako (Yōko Yaguchi) struggle to accept changes in their home during the preparations of their widowed father's wedding to his chosen bride, Maki Tsuneko (Sadako Sawamura), who's anxious about her conduct as the bride.
Akumyo: Notorious Dragon Trailer (1974)
24 April 1974
About small-time gangster Asakichi's chaotic life in the 1930s. His gambling addiction means that he must not continue working in the family business.
Kwaidan Trailer (1965)
06 January 1965
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales.
Good Morning Trailer (1959)
12 May 1959
Two boys beg their parents for a television set, nagging them until all patience is lost. The parents order the boys to be quiet and the boys do exactly that--refusing to utter a word.
Late Spring Trailer (1949)
13 September 1949
Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life.
I Lived, But... Trailer (1983)
29 October 1983
An extremely lovely tribute to Ozu, on the 20th anniversary of his death. It uses a combination of footage from vintage films and new material (both interviews and Ozu-related locations) shot by Ozu's long-time camera-man (who came out of retirement to work on this).
Namiko Trailer (1932)
19 May 1932
An early Japanese sound film, notable for being the only Japanese film ever to use the Western Electric Sound System.
The Romance of Yushima Trailer (1955)
28 September 1955
Hayase, a schoolteacher, assists Sakai in editing a German-Japanese dictionary. Hayase owes much to Sakai, as Sakai raised him for 13 years after Hayase lost his parents in a war.
The Lights of Asakusa Trailer (1937)
02 December 1937
Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop for Shimazu's story of innocence and experience.
Daughters, Wives and a Mother Trailer (1960)
21 May 1960
Sanae is left a widow after her prestigious husband dies, but holds the proceeds of a million yen insurance policy.
The Daphne Trailer (1966)
01 October 1966
Four sisters are all named after flowers. While the two youngest are married, the eldest two remain single, much to the annoyance of their long-suffering mother.
An Autumn Afternoon Trailer (1962)
18 November 1962
Widower Shuhei Hirayama's caretaker is his 24-year-old daughter, Michiko. Gradually, he comes to realize that Michiko should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.
Listen to the Voices of the Sea Trailer (1950)
15 June 1950
This film is strongly anti-war film. The film is based on the collection of writings by Japanese student soldiers who died during World War II.
The Strange Tale of Oyuki Trailer (1992)
06 June 1992
A story of Japanese writer Kafu Nagai (1879-1959), a man about sixty with a huge reputation of seducer who falls madly in love for a young geisha named Oyuki.
Nightingale Trailer (1938)
09 November 1938
An episodic film about life in and around a rural police station and the people it serves.
Beauty the Enemy Trailer (1959)
12 August 1959
In a rural district of Tokyo, the owner of a farm is abandoned by his two daughters who are attracted to the life of the big city.
Youth After School Trailer (1963)
21 March 1963
"Youth After School" takes Tokyo and Kyoto as the stage, and tells the story of a family that develops around the daughter's marriage.
Their Legacy Trailer (1962)
03 January 1962
Heitaro, who had served his firm loyally for 30 years, reaches the retirement age. He has four unmarried daughters and decides to split his retirement allowance he has received from his firm into 500,000 yen for each daughter as a wedding dowry.
White Heron Trailer (1941)
09 September 1941
OSHINO, the beautiful daughter of restaurant owners, is in love with SHIRASAGI the painter. But there is another young man, the son of a moneylender family, who is desperately in love with Oshino.
The Woman Who Touched Legs Trailer (1960)
24 August 1960
Detective Katahachi meets a young and beautiful pickpocket and doesn’t arrest her because she was not in the act.
Early Spring Trailer (1956)
29 January 1956
A young salaryman and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he embarks on an extramarital affair.
Till Tomorrow Is Trailer (1962)
10 February 1962
Natsuko’s daughter Saori is born blind in 1941, just before her father is drafted. Despite an attempted surgery and years of struggle, her condition proves permanent.
A Last Note Trailer (1995)
03 June 1995
A retired actress whose husband has recently died visits her summer home. There she has encounters wt
The Scent of Incense Trailer (1964)
24 May 1964
After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life deeply gets in trouble.
A Descendant of Urashima Taro Trailer (1946)
28 March 1946
Reputedly based on Frank Capra’s 1939 film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, A Descendant of Tarô Urashima is about a repatriated soldier who becomes populist politician in the Japanese Happiness Party.
The Fossil Trailer (1975)
04 October 1975
An industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is abroad in Europe at the time, and a glimpse of a Japanese woman in that setting causes him to imagine her as the personification of his impending fate.
The Three Treasures Trailer (1959)
01 November 1959
The legend of the birth of Shintoism. In Fourth Century Japan, the Emperor's son Ouso expects to succeed his father on the throne, but Otomo, the Emperor's vassal, prefers Ouso's stepbrother, and conspires to have Ouso die on a dangerous mission he has contrived.
Slave Factory Trailer (1968)
25 January 1968
After the death of a colleague, the workers at a factory form a labor union.
Yonjū-hassai no teikō Trailer (1956)
14 November 1956
A literary masterpiece that sharply critiques the ethics of modern romance, featuring a 48-year-old father who burns through the last of his youth with a teenage girl, and a daughter in her twenties who falls in love with a younger man and champions sexual liberation.
Early Summer Trailer (1951)
03 October 1951
In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, her more traditional family worries about her single marital status at the advanced age of 28.
The Wife of Seishu Hanaoka Trailer (1967)
28 October 1967
The disturbing story of a physician who conducted the first operation with general anaesthetic, and s
Floating Weeds Trailer (1959)
17 November 1959
A theater troupe master's visit with his old flame unintentionally sets off a chain of unexpected events with devastating consequences.
Late Chrysanthemums Trailer (1954)
15 June 1954
What is the life of a Geisha like once her beauty has faded and she has retired? Kin has saved, and become a wealthy money-lender, spending her days coldly collecting debts.
The Crowded Train Trailer (1957)
29 March 1957
Tamio Moroi, a young university graduate, works at a large brewery where he is taught to do nothing but look busy.
Children Hand in Hand Trailer (1948)
30 March 1948
A small-town boy with a learning disability attempts to fit in with his classmates.
Kin no tamago: Golden Girl Trailer (1952)
14 May 1952
Once an average and seemingly ordinary Tokyo girl, she suddenly finds herself as a TV star owing to her discovery by a casting company, which noticed photographs that her cousin had sent.
The Navy Trailer (1963)
13 August 1963
A tale of two best friends in the WWII era Japan. Takao is a young man enthusiastic about joining the navy to fight for his country.
With Beauty and Sorrow Trailer (1965)
28 February 1965
When the man who seduced famous painter Otoko Ueno as a teenager–and then wrote a bestselling novel about it–reappears in her life, her pupil–and lesbian lover–hatches a plot to destroy the man and his livelihood.
The End of Summer Trailer (1961)
29 October 1961
The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.
Mother Trailer (1963)
08 November 1963
A divorced woman enters a marriage arranged by her mother in exchange for money to save the life of her seriously ill son.
Tokyo Twilight Trailer (1957)
30 April 1957
Two sisters learn about the existence of their long-lost biological mother, but the younger is unable to accept the fact that she was abandoned as a child.
The Written Face Trailer (1995)
01 September 1995
In Japanese theater, women's roles are traditionally played by men. The man playing the woman's role, the Onnagata, does not imitate the woman, as in the West, but tries to capture her significance.
Princess Yang Kwei-fei Trailer (1955)
03 May 1955
In 8th-century China, the Emperor grieves the death of his wife. The Yang family wants to provide the Emperor with a consort so that they may consolidate their court influence.
The Rainbow-Colored Flower Trailer (1950)
14 October 1950
Ebihara is a budding novelist entangled in a complicated web of relationships with three women from three different generations: Kazue, a coquettish teenage war orphan who tries to offer herself for money but is instead taken in by Ebihara, Koyabu, a middle-aged woman who has spent much of her life as the kept woman of a wealthy man, and Teruko, the modest daughter of Ebihara's former teacher who comes to rely on him after the death of her father.
Pilgrimage at Night Trailer (1959)
20 September 1959
When he was a little boy, Tokitō Kensaku was sent to live with his paternal grandfather and his mistress Oei.