Shinobu Otake Movies

  • 2025
    In Their Own Words: The Women of Kurokawa

    In Their Own Words: The Women of Kurokawa

    In Their Own Words: The Women of Kurokawa

    02025HD

    A documentary exposing the sexual violence euphemistically termed "entertainment" inflicted on women of the Kurokawa settler group during...

    In Their Own Words: The Women of Kurokawa
  • 1991
    Harikomi

    Harikomi

    Harikomi

    21991HD

    When a team of detectives lose the trail of a murderer, they decide to keep an eye on the suspect’s ex-lover, who is trapped in an abusive...

    Harikomi
  • 1983
    Children of Nagasaki

    Children of Nagasaki

    Children of Nagasaki

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    August 9, 1945. An atomic bomb drops on Urakami, Nagasaki at 11:02am. The story of Dr. Nagai and his family.

    Children of Nagasaki
  • 2014
    「昭和の歌よ、ありがとう」One Night Premiere LIVE

    「昭和の歌よ、ありがとう」One Night Premiere LIVE

    「昭和の歌よ、ありがとう」One Night Premiere LIVE

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    「昭和の歌よ、ありがとう」One Night Premiere LIVE
  • 2004
    Mourning Becomes Electra

    Mourning Becomes Electra

    Mourning Becomes Electra

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    Mourning Becomes Electra
  • 2004
    Tracing Jake

    Tracing Jake

    Tracing Jake

    82004HD

    Inuyama is intrigued by the existence of "Jake," a mysterious crocodile that has been sighted in many countries around the world. He continues to...

    Tracing Jake
  • 2006
    Returning the Favor

    Returning the Favor

    Returning the Favor

    7.12006HD

    Kitahara Kazunori was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma in the fall of his second year in high school, and thereafter spent a year and 10 months...

    Returning the Favor
  • 1977
    Tora-san Plays Cupid

    Tora-san Plays Cupid

    Tora-san Plays Cupid

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    Tora-san becomes friends with Toraya's newest tenant, a pachinko-playing electrician that goes by the nickname Watt. Tora attempts to match Watt...

    Tora-san Plays Cupid
  • 1986
    Beyond the Shining Sea

    Beyond the Shining Sea

    Beyond the Shining Sea

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    Heartbroken Ukiko takes refuge with a relative after a devastating breakup. While away, she makes a dangerous match with the husband of her frigid...

    Beyond the Shining Sea
  • 1976
    The Tempō Outlaws of the Marsh

    The Tempō Outlaws of the Marsh

    The Tempō Outlaws of the Marsh

    01976HD

    A great famine struck all of Japan: the so-called Great Tenpō famine. It was a time when there were frequent uprisings in rural areas due to...

    The Tempō Outlaws of the Marsh
  • 2010
    Forget Me Not

    Forget Me Not

    Forget Me Not

    02010HD

    A nostalgic human drama based on Dazai Osamu Prize winner Tsujiuchi Tomoki's novella. Set in a declining coal-mining town in 1950s Fukuoka, the story...

    Forget Me Not
  • 2008
    Arigato, Okan

    Arigato, Okan

    Arigato, Okan

    02008HD

    Hanako is a mother, who was not enthusiastic when her husband took in two foster children some years ago. He died not long afterward, leaving her...

    Arigato, Okan
  • 1978
    Monument to Holy Service

    Monument to Holy Service

    Monument to Holy Service

    81978HD

    A rural high school takes part in a mountain-climbing exercise and are caught in a sudden typhoon.

    Monument to Holy Service
  • 1988
    Stay or go?

    Stay or go?

    Stay or go?

    101988HD

    Shohei Taguchi is a salaryman who works for a securities company and loves women like no other. One day, he plans to use the cash borrowed from the...

    Stay or go?
  • 1995
    Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu

    Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu

    Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu

    81995HD

    Kita no kuni kara '95 Himitsu
  • 2007
    Kitokito!

    Kitokito!

    Kitokito!

    02007HD

    Coming of age story about a boy and his mother.

    Kitokito!
  • 2012
    Women's Dream of Amakusa: Revitalizing Geisha Town

    Women's Dream of Amakusa: Revitalizing Geisha Town

    Women's Dream of Amakusa: Revitalizing Geisha Town

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    Ushibuka in Amakusa City prospered a century ago with its fishing industry and red-light district, but has become Japan's fastest declining city....

    Women's Dream of Amakusa: Revitalizing Geisha Town
  • 1992
    Night Escape Agency

    Night Escape Agency

    Night Escape Agency

    31992HD

    The first instalment of a social comedy series depicting a company, the Night Escape Agency, that allows debtors to flee at night.

    Night Escape Agency
  • 2001
    Legendary Crocodile, Jake and His Fellows

    Legendary Crocodile, Jake and His Fellows

    Legendary Crocodile, Jake and His Fellows

    02001HD

    Legendary Crocodile, Jake and His Fellows (伝説のワニ ジェイク) is a Japanese surreal fantasy...

    Legendary Crocodile, Jake and His Fellows
  • 1985
    Dangerous Women

    Dangerous Women

    Dangerous Women

    01985HD

    Shuhei, a mystery writer, is invited to a dinner party at a country house. The guests include Tanase and his wife Noriko. Next day, Tanase is shot...

    Dangerous Women