Takeshi Sakamoto

There Was a Father

Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither…

Dawn Chorus

Introspection Tower

A reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The teachers an…

Ornamental Hairpin

A Japanese mountain inn patron's foot is cut by an ornamental hairpin accidentally left behind by a …

Wood and Stone

Movie about a devoted and single woman and her daughter. The mother's nickname is "Bokuseki" (wooden…

Seisen aiba fu: Akatsuki ni inoru

Mother is Strong

Four Seasons of Children

The brothers of Children In The Wind deal with declining family fortunes: they must work when the fa…

Zoku aizen katsura

1939 Japanese movie…