Keisuke Kinoshita Movies

An inspirational teacher is the focus of this Japanese drama. After his friend kills himself, Natsuki takes a teaching job on an isolated island. His...

The story of a teacher who comes to a village on the Inland Sea and the relationship that develops between her and her 12 pupils.

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

The story of the trials and tribulations of a lighthouse keeper and his wife.

A wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their superstitious beliefs about their son's illness.

Five longtime friends get back together, but are disappointed to find that their bonds are not as strong as they once were.

Two men at an ironworks encounter roadblocks: the first does not have the grades to get a job, while the other finds himself falling for a co-worker.

A Japanese family weathers much hardship after their military uncle comes to live with them during WWII.

A Japanese war widow recalls her love affair with her deceased husband.

Part 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and Kohei, marrying upward, and being blackmailed by the...

A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki...

In postwar Japan a young woman is unable to marry her sweetheart because her family's in difficult circumstances and needs her income to keep afloat.

Former playmates (Naito and Tamura), both long ago abandoned by their parents, recall their youth and fall in love.

The plans of a trio of burglars are continually thwarted by the arrival of visitors to the house they plan to rob.

A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. His parents are...

Hikaru and Ichiro are close friends in high school. Hikaru's elder brother Tadashi fell in love with Ichiro's elder sister, Mikako at first sight....

Drama about the friendship between a lonely laborer (Atsumi) and a young woman (Hoshi) unable to enter college.

Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop for Shimazu's story of innocence and experience....