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The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture and the rivalry between theatrical styles like those used by amateur actors to dramatise contemporary events.
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Drama about a young nurse who falls in love with a disabled soldier, and based a true story.
Director of Photography
A female doctor's story of her life in an isolated leper colony.
Cinematography
Okumura Ioko story directed by Shiro Toyoda
Cinematography
An episodic film about life in and around a rural police station and the people it serves.
Director of Photography
Based on a Hayashi Fumiko story: a fatherless boy's mother passes him from one aunt to another
Director of Photography
Based on an original story by Yojiro Ishizaka, this well-made drama is set in a Christian school in a beautiful northern harbor town. Teacher Masaki (Obinata) speaks up for Keiko, one of the girls at the school, every time she causes problems because he feels sorry for her, a child born out of wedlock. Sumi (Natsukawa), one of Masaki’s colleagues and who is secretly in love with him, strongly disagrees with him about Keiko. Then Sumi hears a rumor that Keiko is pregnant with Masaki's child . . . .
