Kenji Sugawara

Brother

The drama depicts the lives and loves of people living in three different environments: a family consisting of two brothers and their parents; a family with a father and a daughter who are not well organized; and a girl who has moved from the countryside to Tokyo to live alone in the whirlwind of the big city, desperately trying to survive.

Dare yori mo dare yori mo kimi o aisu

Tōkyō no josei

Street of Shame

Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law.

Wings of Dawn

Otoko wa damasareru

One night, a college student is found dead, his body charred black. The victim’s girlfriend, Nobuko, vanishes right before the eyes of the authorities’ search team.

Tokai toiu minato

Zoku bakurō ichidai

Tsuma koso waga inochi

This story depicts the struggles of a man living in the cutthroat world of competition and the pure love of his wife.

Duel at Noon

Judo movie.

Essay on Conflict

Tsuki no kōdōkan

Studio wa ōsawagi

An entertainment film set in a movie studio, featuring songs and hidden talents performed by male and female stars.

Machi no kotengu

Inhibited Love

Chieko Izumi is a reporter for the magazine "Weekly Japanese Women". She had come to Tokyo to stay with her aunt in order to escape her stubborn grandmother in her hometown in Kyushu, who was trying to force her to marry Komori, the local ringleader.