Kumeko Urabe Movies

A mystery story set on a haunted island: a student is murdered, followed by the suicide of his lover.

A film adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya’s popular novel.

Domoto Kozue, a gifted young ikebana artist, shoulders the legacy of her late father’s school while navigating the pressures of family...

Movie about biological mothers, foster mothers, and stepmothers.

A sad love film where the action takes place in Kyoto, in a trading house. Considered a lost film.

Based on the famous novel by Junichiro Tanizaki, this is a story of the four sisters of the ancient and reputable Makioka family of Osaka.

This film stars Tanaka Kinuyo as the mother of the heir to the Hosho name, a famous lineage of Noh actors. The heir, Hosho Yagoro, is played by...

Yoshida Denkichi does loses sight of his wife Chiyoko and daughter Toyoko during the war, and is taken in by a familiar woman, Oshige, and becomes...

The first story concerns an attractive young woman who works in a Tokyo nightclub. Her plan for a solid financial future has a double whammy. In the...

Shino, a resilient young woman sold into prostitution must navigate the gritty realities of the red-light district to survive. Within the confines of...

A story depicting the true nature of a vulnerable woman who abandons love, severs the bond between father and daughter, and challenges the very...

Kosaka drops to death while ice climbing with his friend Uozu to see the sunrise on the New Year’s Day. The investigators try to find the cause...

Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in postwar Japan.

Shizuko Kasagi and Hideko Takamine star as young women who try to raise money for a needy old friend by becoming wandering singers who work for tips...