Satoko Date Movies

Set in a bustling 1950s parlor, a beautiful counter clerk falls for a wealthy businessman’s son, only to have their romance derailed by a...

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.

Toshie, a young, conservative secretary-typist has fallen in love with Shozo Narita, a young man she has met through her work.

After some fruitless career hunting in downtown Tokyo, Chiyo accepts a job as a bar hostess in Shiba ward. Well away from glamorous Asakusa and...

Michiko gets pregnant after a rape. She marries a boring business partner of her father to avoid the shame. Later she meets the rapist again who is...

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

Yumiko, the president's daughter, meets a suspicious woman after her wedding ceremony with Tamio.

"Karayuki-san offers a no-holds-barred depiction of the discrimination faced by a former prostitute who returns to Japan from Singapore with her...

Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki

A modern girl suddenly intrudes into a widower's family home.

Hideko, a young Baseball fan, determined to cheer for her favourite baseball team by creating a new song for them.

A young man falls in love with a prostitute and is disowned by his family. He is then drafted, and heads off to war. Script exists - considered to be...

Machiko falls in love with a mysterious man, but her family wants something different for her.

The film is a lengthy work interweaving characters from different backgrounds and social strata in a narrative centered around the experiences of its...

On a Sunday morning, young dentist Toshio Ezaki wakes up with a hangover, on a bench in his office. He finds a poisoned woman in a green-striped...

A picture-story-show operator, accompanies her son, Akira, who lives apart from her, to a hot-spring medical treatment and spend a moment of brief...

A young couple jump into the sea as part of a suicide pact. The man is rescued and subsequently discovers that his lover is also alive and working in...