Nobuko Sendo

The Makioka Sisters (1983)

This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kon Ichikawa
CAST:  Keiko Kishi  •  Yoshiko Sakuma  •  Sayuri Yoshinaga  •  Yuko Kotegawa

This sensuously beautiful film chronicles the activities of four sisters who gather in Kyoto every year to view the cherry blossoms. It paints a vivid portrait of the pre-war lifestyle of the wealthy Makioka family from Osaka, and draws a parallel between their ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kon Ichikawa
CAST:  Keiko Kishi  •  Yoshiko Sakuma  •  Sayuri Yoshinaga  •  Yuko Kotegawa

Early Spring Story (1985)

A high school student Hitomi poses as a university student and ends up in falling in love with middle-aged Okawa, her dead mother's ex-boyfriend. Hitomi's feelings shift back and forth as she is not sure whether it is true love or just a realization of her mother's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichirô Sawai
CAST:  Tomoyo Harada  •  Ryūzō Hayashi  •  Kunie Tanaka  •  Yuki Saori

A high school student Hitomi poses as a university student and ends up in falling in love with middle-aged Okawa, her dead mother's ex-boyfriend. Hitomi's feelings shift back and forth as she is not sure whether it is true love or just a realization of her mother's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinichirô Sawai
CAST:  Tomoyo Harada  •  Ryūzō Hayashi  •  Kunie Tanaka  •  Yuki Saori

Tomorrow (1988)

On August 9, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This film, based on a story by Mitsukaru Inoue, describes the daily life of people in Nagasaki the day before that fateful event. It presents the human drama of people's lives, and their feelings ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuo Kuroki
CAST:  Kaori Momoi  •  Kaho Minami  •  Nobuko Sendo  •  Arthur Kuroda

On August 9, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This film, based on a story by Mitsukaru Inoue, describes the daily life of people in Nagasaki the day before that fateful event. It presents the human drama of people's lives, and their feelings ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kazuo Kuroki
CAST:  Kaori Momoi  •  Kaho Minami  •  Nobuko Sendo  •  Arthur Kuroda

White Snake Enchantment (1983)

Uta married a priest who saved her when she tried to commit suicide at a waterfall. The love triangle between a lustful priest, his second wife and his son Masao.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunya Ito
CAST:  Rumiko Koyanagi  •  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Tetta Sugimoto  •  Isao Natsuyagi

Uta married a priest who saved her when she tried to commit suicide at a waterfall. The love triangle between a lustful priest, his second wife and his son Masao.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shunya Ito
CAST:  Rumiko Koyanagi  •  Tomisaburō Wakayama  •  Tetta Sugimoto  •  Isao Natsuyagi

Takeshi: Childhood Days (1990)

A story of childhood life during wartime Japan. Takeshi, the intelligent son of a fisherman, is the schoolyard bully. When his cousin comes to stay with his family to avoid bombing raids, Takeshi at first treats him well, then begins bullying him too. Takeshi ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Shinoda
CAST:  Tetsuya Fujita  •  Yuji Horioka  •  Katsuhisa Yamazaki  •  Noritake Kobinata

A story of childhood life during wartime Japan. Takeshi, the intelligent son of a fisherman, is the schoolyard bully. When his cousin comes to stay with his family to avoid bombing raids, Takeshi at first treats him well, then begins bullying him too. Takeshi ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Masahiro Shinoda
CAST:  Tetsuya Fujita  •  Yuji Horioka  •  Katsuhisa Yamazaki  •  Noritake Kobinata

All's Quiet on the Recruit Front (1991)

New graduates Ohara, Kitamachi and Tachikawa take part in the battle of job-hunting, so as big companies recruiting talents and potentials. Interviews, tests and activities with odd ideas are carried out. Ohara looks successful in getting an offer from a famous TV ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shusuke Kaneko
CAST:  Yuji Oda  •  Koji Matoba  •  Emi Wakui  •  Shinobu Sakagami

New graduates Ohara, Kitamachi and Tachikawa take part in the battle of job-hunting, so as big companies recruiting talents and potentials. Interviews, tests and activities with odd ideas are carried out. Ohara looks successful in getting an offer from a famous TV ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shusuke Kaneko
CAST:  Yuji Oda  •  Koji Matoba  •  Emi Wakui  •  Shinobu Sakagami

Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather (1982)

Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous samurai. His struggles with his boss, the Shikoku Godfather, and the tumultuous life of his adopted daughter, Matsue, form ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Gosha
CAST:  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Masako Natsume  •  Shima Iwashita  •  Tetsurō Tamba

Onimasa is the egocentric boss of a small yakuza clan on Shikoku Island, whose criminal duties conflict with his self-image as a chivalrous samurai. His struggles with his boss, the Shikoku Godfather, and the tumultuous life of his adopted daughter, Matsue, form ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hideo Gosha
CAST:  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Masako Natsume  •  Shima Iwashita  •  Tetsurō Tamba

Cursed Village in Yudono Mountains (1984)

Awaji, the president of a famous food company, is found murdered in a locked bathroom. with mummified human hands found all over the body. Taki, a Young bonze, begins to privately investigate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiharu Ikeda
CAST:  Toshiyuki Nagashima  •  Eiko Nagashima  •  Nobuko Sendo

Awaji, the president of a famous food company, is found murdered in a locked bathroom. with mummified human hands found all over the body. Taki, a Young bonze, begins to privately investigate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toshiharu Ikeda
CAST:  Toshiyuki Nagashima  •  Eiko Nagashima  •  Nobuko Sendo

Over the Sky (2020)

Mio is a girl in high school who slacks off. She and her childhood friend Arata and best friend Madoka spend their after-school days in Ikebukuro hanging out. One day, Madoka tells Mio that she loves Arata, and Mio realizes that she loves Arata, too. But she’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshinobu Sena
CAST:  Honoka Matsumoto  •  Toshiki Seto  •  Saori Hayami  •  Yui Ogura

Mio is a girl in high school who slacks off. She and her childhood friend Arata and best friend Madoka spend their after-school days in Ikebukuro hanging out. One day, Madoka tells Mio that she loves Arata, and Mio realizes that she loves Arata, too. But she’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Yoshinobu Sena
CAST:  Honoka Matsumoto  •  Toshiki Seto  •  Saori Hayami  •  Yui Ogura

Music Box (1989)

A former yakuza returns to gangster life after an old enemy threatens his son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitsuo Kurotsuchi
CAST:  Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi  •  Nobuko Sendo  •  Show Aikawa  •  Eiko Nagashima

A former yakuza returns to gangster life after an old enemy threatens his son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitsuo Kurotsuchi
CAST:  Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi  •  Nobuko Sendo  •  Show Aikawa  •  Eiko Nagashima

Goldfish Princess (2020)

One day, Ezawa Jun, who has trouble with work and in love, gets a ryukin from a goldfish scooping game at a festival. However, she is actually a beautiful girl and she suddenly turns into a human form and appears in front of Jun. Called Ryu, she is looking for the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Aoyama
CAST:  Jun Shison  •  Miori Takimoto  •  Jun Kunimura  •  Yuko Nakamura

One day, Ezawa Jun, who has trouble with work and in love, gets a ryukin from a goldfish scooping game at a festival. However, she is actually a beautiful girl and she suddenly turns into a human form and appears in front of Jun. Called Ryu, she is looking for the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shinji Aoyama
CAST:  Jun Shison  •  Miori Takimoto  •  Jun Kunimura  •  Yuko Nakamura

Summer of the Lion Kings (1991)

Katsu, who belongs to the Murai group of the Sakagami Union, was frustrated by the distance from the yakuza world he had envisioned. At that time, Katsu, who met Osamu who belongs to the conflicting Dainippon Kyokushinkai, feels the real gangster scent of Osamu.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Banmei Takahashi
CAST:  Show Aikawa  •  Koji Matoba  •  Miyuki Kosaka  •  Hideo Higashikokubaru

Katsu, who belongs to the Murai group of the Sakagami Union, was frustrated by the distance from the yakuza world he had envisioned. At that time, Katsu, who met Osamu who belongs to the conflicting Dainippon Kyokushinkai, feels the real gangster scent of Osamu.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Banmei Takahashi
CAST:  Show Aikawa  •  Koji Matoba  •  Miyuki Kosaka  •  Hideo Higashikokubaru

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DIRECTION:  Yukio Noda
CAST:  Yuko Hama  •  Nobuko Otowa  •  Shinichi Ogishima  •  Shōki Fukae

Small, Slow But Steady (2022)

A hearing-impaired woman with dreams of becoming a professional boxer due to the pandemic is threatened closure of her boxing club and the illness of its ageing president, who has been her biggest supporter, push her to the limit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sho Miyake
CAST:  Yukino Kishii  •  Tomokazu Miura  •  Masaki Miura  •  Nobuko Sendo

A hearing-impaired woman with dreams of becoming a professional boxer due to the pandemic is threatened closure of her boxing club and the illness of its ageing president, who has been her biggest supporter, push her to the limit.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sho Miyake
CAST:  Yukino Kishii  •  Tomokazu Miura  •  Masaki Miura  •  Nobuko Sendo

The Fir Trees Remain (1983)

The 21-year-old feudal on Sendai, Tsunamune Date, was prohibited to go out in the daytime for his misbehavior during his short stay in Edo. On the next day, his 4 attendants were killed one after another. Sakai Utanokamike, the Rozyu, is turned out to be involved ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Inoue
CAST:  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Koji Yakusho  •  Eitarō Ozawa  •  Takeshi Katō

The 21-year-old feudal on Sendai, Tsunamune Date, was prohibited to go out in the daytime for his misbehavior during his short stay in Edo. On the next day, his 4 attendants were killed one after another. Sakai Utanokamike, the Rozyu, is turned out to be involved ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Akira Inoue
CAST:  Tatsuya Nakadai  •  Koji Yakusho  •  Eitarō Ozawa  •  Takeshi Katō