Kumeko Otowa Movie Trailers

Ran Trailer (1985)

01 June 1985

Shakespeare's King Lear is reimagined as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan where an aging warlord divides his kingdom between his three sons.

Luxury Yacht: First Love Tour Murder Case Trailer (1990)

11 August 1990

Office worker Kanako takes a trip to Nanki Shirahama in Wakayama Prefecture as part of a travel agency project to reunite with her first love.

Shanghai Landing Party Trailer (1939)

19 May 1939

This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated way, introducting its story in a documentary mode.

Okuni and Gohei Trailer (1952)

10 April 1952

A high-born woman named Okuni travels around the country with Gohei, a samurai retainer who is in service to her.

Five Gents and Karate Grandpa Trailer (1968)

14 January 1968

"Shacho" comedy about the president of a salt manufacturing company.

Kagemusha Trailer (1980)

26 April 1980

Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans.

Eight visually rich vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s own dreams—fox weddings and vanished orchards, a soldier’s ghosts, a walk through Van Gogh’s canvases, nuclear nightmares, and a water-mill utopia—meditate on childhood, art, mortality, and humanity’s uneasy bond with nature.

The Wedding Night Trailer (1959)

10 March 1959

A psychological Japanese drama about a department store clerk whose fleeting encounter with a mysterious woman leads to obsession, deceit, and tragic consequences.

Sky of Hope Trailer (1942)

14 January 1942

What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers.

Yukiko and Natsuyo Trailer (1941)

14 August 1941

Adaptation of a novel by Nobuko Yoshiya that was serialized in "Shufu no tomo" between 1939 and 1940.

Rivals Trailer (1939)

19 September 1939

Two hyper-competitive salarymen let their workplace rivalry spill over into their private lives, as both men try to one-up each other on a luxurious beach vacation neither's family can afford.

The Naked General Trailer (1958)

28 October 1958

A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities.

Third Class Executives Trailer (1952)

30 May 1952

1950s Japanese comedy.

A Man's Flower Road of Triumph Trailer (1941)

30 December 1941

Hikari to kage (Zenpen) Trailer (1940)

18 January 1940

Part one of two.

Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island Trailer (1956)

03 January 1956

A humble and simple Takezo abandons his life as a knight errant. He's sought as a teacher and vassal by Shogun, Japan's most powerful clan leader.

Hikari to kage (Kōhen) Trailer (1940)

18 January 1940

Part two of two.

Two in the Shadow Trailer (1967)

18 November 1967

A man is involved in a fatal car accident, and though he is blameless, his company transfers him to a remote branch in a small town.

Floating Clouds Trailer (1955)

15 January 1955

A married Japanese forester during WWII is sent to Indochina to manage forests. He meets a young Japanese typist and promises to leave his wife.

Rhapsody in August Trailer (1991)

25 May 1991

An elderly Nagasaki hibakusha spends a summer caring for her four grandchildren, whose curiosity about the 1945 bombing stirs buried memories and moral questions.

Whirlpool of Love Trailer (1962)

22 May 1962

1962 Japanese movie

Sazae-san Trailer (1956)

12 December 1956

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip. The first entry in Toho's Sazae-san series.

Ushidure Express Trailer (1937)

03 November 1937

The 8-Tomb Village Trailer (1996)

26 October 1996

A band of samurai warriors places a curse on a family fortune thus frustrating the heir 4 centuries later.

Chûshingura Trailer (1962)

03 November 1962

After their lord is tricked into committing ritual suicide, forty-seven samurai warriors await the chance to avenge their master and reclaim their honor.

The Shadow Daughter Trailer (1957)

05 June 1957

Fusako, a girl raised in a geisha house, tries to escape her dark past and faces repeated heartbreaks.

A Girl at Eighteen: Surprised Heaven Trailer (1952)

29 February 1952

Japanese comedy film.

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1) Trailer (1941)

17 January 1941

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.

Repast Trailer (1951)

23 November 1951

In post-WWII Osaka, a middle-aged woman is forced to examine her dreary life and marriage when her husband's young and flirtatious cousin arrives for a brief stay to escape an arranged marriage.

Flowing Trailer (1956)

20 November 1956

Otsuta is running the geisha house Tsuta in Tokyo. Her business is heavily in debt. Her daughter Katsuyo doesn't see any future in her mother's trade in the late days of geisha.

The Lovelorn Geisha Trailer (1960)

12 July 1960

A woman and her daughter are in love with the same man, a chef at the restaurant that the mother manages.

The Battle of Kawanakajima Trailer (1941)

30 November 1941

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the main supply wagons and the supply troops to transport materiel to the Uesugi army.