List of the best Nobuko Otowa movies: Onibaba(1964), Lucky Dragon No. 5(1959), Kuroneko(1968), Wedding Ring(1950), Red Lion(1969), The Strange Story of Oyuki(1992) ... ...
Horror, Fantasy
Japan
1964
105 Minutes
Nobuko Otowa Jitsuko Yoshimura Kei Satô Taiji Tonoyama Jukichi Uno Somesho Matsumoto Kentaro Kaji Fudeko Tanaka
samurai mother daughter-in-law warrior neighbor creepy intense suspenseful swamp hut japan robbery fate lust murder deception revenge love temptation 14th century
Two women kill samurais and sell their belongings for a living. While one of them is having an affair with their neighbor, the other woman meets a mysterious samurai wearing a bizarre mask.
Japan
1959
115 Minutes
Shizu Kuboyama
Jukichi Uno Nobuko Otowa Harold Conway Masao Mishima Kikue Môri Yasushi Nagata Taketoshi Naito Eitarô Ozawa Koreya Senda Taiji Tonoyama
The story of a Japanese fishing boat whose crew were accidental victims of fallout from the Bikini hydrogen bomb tests.
Horror, Fantasy
1968
99 Minutes
Mother
Kichiemon Nakamura Nobuko Otowa Kiwako Taichi Kei Satô Hideo Kanze
samurai mother daughter-in-law commanding officer ghost cat creepy dark family home countryside ghosts murder rape vengeance revenge pursuit 16th century
Drama, Romance
Japan
1950
96 Minutes
Toshirô Mifune Kinuyo Tanaka Jukichi Uno Nobuko Otowa Kenji Susukida Mitsuko Yoshikawa Junji Masuda
A jewelry store president begins to fall for the doctor treating her husband's illness (via Hulu).
Sports & Fitness, Adventure
Japan
1969
116 Minutes
Oharu
Yunosuke Ito Shima Iwashita Shigeru Kohyama Toshirô Mifune Yûko Mochizuki Nobuko Otowa Etsushi Takahashi Takahiro Tamura No Terada Jitsuko Yoshimura
Impersonating an Imperial Army officer by wearing a "red lion's mane", a poor servant returns to his village after 10 years of absence to end the village's suffering caused by corrupt ... See full summary »
Drama
Japan
1992
116 Minutes
Masa
Masahiko Tsugawa Yuki Sumida Daijiro Harada Chôichirô Kawarazaki Yoshiko Miyazaki Yoshiyuki Omori Nobuko Otowa Kei Satô Tomomi Seo
The film tells the story of Japanese writer Kafu Nagai (1879-1959), a man about sixty with a huge reputation of seducer who falls madly in love for a young geisha named Oyuki. Meticulous ... See full summary »