Shūji Sano Movies

Yuki is a young, single mother supporting herself and her son, Haru, with a job as a bar hostess.

A lost film by Masahiro Makino

The story tells of Tsuchiya, a university professor and a widower who is in love with a widow who runs a small restaurant, and his son is in love...

A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. She returns to her family home while they rent out...

1962 Japanese movie

Shigeo is an aspiring writer living with his girl friend Minako and hoping for success and a better tomorrow every day. Both live on what Minako...

A film about the construction of the Kasumigaseki Building, the first high-rise building in Japan.

Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves.

Japanese comedy film.

A hostile Chinese nurse (Yamaguchi) who works in an orphanage is won over by the care and commitment of the Japanese doctor (Sano) who treats her...

Coming of age/high school sports drama.

A penniless orphan loses the woman he loves, when her family arranges a marriage to a wealthy playboy. He believes she was blinded by greed, and...

The Yoshikawa family is a typical small town family. With only the father's and daughter's salaries to support the family's six members, life is not...

This film was mainly shot in the Japanese skiing resort Hokkaido in 1937-38 and was intended to create support for the coming winter olympics of 1940...

Japanese youth film.

Shinsaku was once a renowned playwright, has now been left behind by journalism and is living a lethargic life in Oiso. His family is concerned with...

An uplifting drama about the bond between a group of high school seniors and their kind-hearted teacher, Mr. Yabuki. Faced with the rigors of growing...

1962 Japanese movie