Sotoji Kimura

"Karayuki-san offers a no-holds-barred depiction of the discrimination faced by a former prostitute who returns to Japan from Singapore with her mixed-race son." - Alexander Jacoby (Oxford Brookes University)

In 1930s Japan, a beer seller and a struggling music student fall in love while chasing their dreams.

Walking home late one night, a down-on-his-luck sewage worker runs into a drunk businessman with a briefcase full of cash. His impulsive decision will lead to a long, dark night of the soul, while his lady love, a bar hostess, tries to cope with her sudden change of fortune.

Adaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.

No synopsis available yet.

Film adaptation of the stage version of Samuil Marshak's "Twelve Months"

"Karayuki-san offers a no-holds-barred depiction of the discrimination faced by a former prostitute who returns to Japan from Singapore with her mixed-race son." - Alexander Jacoby (Oxford Brookes University)

In 1930s Japan, a beer seller and a struggling music student fall in love while chasing their dreams.

Walking home late one night, a down-on-his-luck sewage worker runs into a drunk businessman with a briefcase full of cash. His impulsive decision will lead to a long, dark night of the soul, while his lady love, a bar hostess, tries to cope with her sudden change of fortune.

Adaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.

No synopsis available yet.

Film adaptation of the stage version of Samuil Marshak's "Twelve Months"

Film adaptation of the stage version of Samuil Marshak's "Twelve Months"

Miyamoto Tokunosuke works at a Detective Agency in the heart of Tokyo. When his lover Ranko tells him that she's pregnant, he begins to worry. His company hasn't paid his backsalary and he doesn't know how he will pay for the new baby. His friend Suihei tells him about a job at a bar, but on his way there, Tokunosuke meets a mysterious man who sells him a newspaper...for tomorrow!

Ino tries to control Mon’s every move, but she becomes a fallen woman, having an affair with a student, Obata whereas her sister San remains a “good girl.” The mother is very supportive of her daughters, but, the father, Akaza, who is the stonecutter foreman on the damn, lacks control of his family.

Based on the comic by Yutaka Asou

1962 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

Hikoroku Laughs a lot

Japanese propaganda film

Japanese propaganda film

Focuses on the mutual antipathy of two groups of children in an Izu village.

Enoken plays a magician real powers come from his magical hat. A jealous theater owner sends girls, then goons, to keep Enoken from performing his grand show!

1933 film directed for PCL by Sotoji Kimura

Lost Film directed by Sotoji Kimura

No synopsis available yet.