Tokuko Sugiyama Trailers

Great Jailbreak Trailer (1975)

05 April 1975

A group of prisoners attempts to break the Abashiri prison. This film can be considered a sequel to the Abashiri Bangaichi series, written and directed by Ishii Teruo.

Bungakusho Satsujin Jiken: Oinaru Jyoso Trailer (1989)

28 January 1989

A young doujinshi writer doesn't win the literary prize award, and ends up killing the selection committee.

Foundry Town Trailer (1962)

08 April 1962

Set in Kawaguchi in the early 60s, this simple story chronicles the lives of foundry families and one girl's dreams of higher education.

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies Trailer (1986)

02 August 1986

Director Ogata discovers a new female star in Koharu Tanaka, who works selling candy at a studio theater and she is given a part as a bit player.

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love Trailer (1959)

15 January 1959

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exemption from military service.

Police Precinct: Landfill No. 19 Trailer (1962)

29 July 1962

In the former landfill, where construction is currently underway, the corpse of a middle-aged man with an unusual rosary in his hand was dug up.

Tora-san Plays Cupid Trailer (1977)

24 December 1977

Tora-san becomes friends with Toraya's newest tenant, a pachinko-playing electrician that goes by the nickname Watt.

Tora-san's Promise Trailer (1981)

28 December 1981

Tora-san returns to his family's home to attend an elementary school class reunion. After he embarrasses himself by getting drunk and insulting all his ex-classmates, he resumes his travels.

The Village Trailer (1975)

25 October 1975

This appears to be a labor of love. Its about a village which is given the opportunity to put on a musical.

Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san Trailer (1982)

07 August 1982

During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully comprehends his importance, the old man is a Living National Treasure ceramist.

Village of Dreams Trailer (1996)

13 July 1996

Tells of the childhood of two nine-year-old twins in a rural village in Japan after World War 2. Includes the boys relationships with their schoolteacher mother, civil servant father, elderly landlord, a rough new boy at the school, and three mysterious spirits in the form of old women.

Stage-Struck Tora-san Trailer (1978)

05 August 1978

Tora-san leaves Shibamata once again after an argument with his family and finds himself at an inn where he meets Tomekichi, a young man who looks up to Tora-san.

A Taxing Woman Trailer (1987)

07 February 1987

Intrepid tax investigator Ryoko Itakura sets her sights on the mysterious and philandering Hideki Gondo, a suspected millionaire and proprietor of a thriving chain of seedy hourly hotels, who has for years succeeded at hiding the true extent of his assets from the Japanese authorities.

Horus: Prince of the Sun Trailer (1968)

24 July 1968

Young Horus lives in a mythical Scandinavia of the Iron Age. Recovering the stolen Sword of the Sun from a rock giant, he learns he must travel to the lands of his ancestors, encountering the beautiful but enigmatic Hilda as his journey leads to a series of adventures.

Foster Daddy, Tora! Trailer (1980)

27 December 1980

After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man's daughter, then takes her to Tokyo so she can study for a night school exam.

Twelve Months Trailer (1980)

15 March 1980

A young queen requests a bouquet of snowdrop flowers for New Year's Day in exchange for a reward. One greedy woman sends her stepdaughter, whom she does not like, to look for the flowers in a cold forest, knowing the task will be impossible for her.

A Distant Cry from Spring Trailer (1980)

15 March 1980

The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival of a man who ignites flames of romance in the heart of the mother and shows her boy the importance of grit and kindness, but then he leaves with the autumn wind.

Tales of a Golden Geisha Trailer (1990)

02 June 1990

Nayoko, a good-hearted geisha, brings luck to the men she sleeps with, even though most are scoundrels who don’t deserve it.

Auto Town Trailer (1981)

28 March 1981

The Wild Swans Trailer (1977)

19 March 1977

A young girl must spend six years making sweatshirts out of poison ivy in order to save her six brothers which have been turned into swans by an evil sorceress.

Tora-san, the Go-Between Trailer (1985)

03 August 1985

In Nagasaki, Tora-san and an acquaintance help an old woman who has fallen and injured herself. She invites them to her home where the three share a night of eating and drinking.

Metamorphosis Trailer (1986)

10 October 1986

A sensuous movie based on a literary work. Hitomi Kuroki stars as the film’s heroine.

The Empty Table Trailer (1985)

01 November 1985

One year after the Kidojis' eldest son Otohiko was arrested for his part in a terrorist kidnapping, which resulted in multiple deaths, all the other perpetrators' parents have either resigned from their professional positions or taken their own lives, Nobuyuki Kidoji remains adamant that he is not responsible for his son's actions.

Tora-san's Runaway Trailer (1970)

26 August 1970

After an encounter with a dying yakuza's son and at his sister Sakura's urging, Torajiro attempts to change his vagrant lifestyle and become an honest worker with a steady job.