Shūji Sano Movies

Melodrama based on a novel by Yukio Mishima.

1962 Japanese movie. Remake of the 1939 movie

1945 Japanese movie

A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.

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

A young girl moves to Tokyo and endures the rivalries between other high school girls of varying cultural and economic backgrounds.

Hisshoka is a 1945 Drama film directed by four Japanese directors.

It chronicles the experiences of a neighbourhood doctor, whose taste for tonkatsu (a popular Japanese dish, similar to a pork schnitzel) earns him the nickname ‘the pork cutlet prince’ (‘Tonkatsu Taisho’, the film’s Japanese title) from the affectionate residents of the tenement in which...

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 up in modern times, students often look to Mr. Yabuki for advice and guidance. But when Mr. Yabuki’s career is threatened as a result of a false...

In the movies of those times, you can see young boys in the company scene often. Those boys were called kyuji (給仕), which means “waiter” literally. They are doing odd jobs in the company including serving tea, ushering visitors, buying tobacco, etc. Ordering lunch for the individual...

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

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 becomes a miser.

1954 Theater of Life adaptation.

Also known as Crazy Uproar.

Japanese drama.