Movies: Tomoko Naraoka

  • 2008
    Ponyo

    Ponyo (2008)

    Ponyo

    7.72008HD

    When Sosuke, a young boy who lives on a clifftop overlooking the sea, rescues a stranded goldfish named Ponyo, he discovers more than he bargained for. Ponyo is a curious, energetic young creature who yearns to be human, but even as she causes chaos ...

    Ponyo
  • 1970
    Dodes'ka-den

    Dodes'ka-den (1970)

    Dodes'ka-den

    71970HD

    This film follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their circumstances are, each of them—the homeless father and son envisioning their dream house; the young woman abused...

    Dodes'ka-den
  • 2022
    The Zen Diary

    The Zen Diary (2022)

    The Zen Diary

    7.72022HD

    Tsutomu lives alone in the mountains, writing essays, cooking Zen food with the vegetables he grows and the mushrooms he picks in the hills. His routine is happily disturbed when Machiko, his editor and love interest, occasionally visits. Tsutomu see...

    The Zen Diary
  • 1981
    The Imperial Navy

    The Imperial Navy (1981)

    The Imperial Navy

    6.31981HD

    A lavish retelling of the true story of the final voyage and ultimate destruction and sinking of the battleship Yamato, Japan's greatest flagship during the Second World War....

    The Imperial Navy
  • 1961
    Pigs and Battleships

    Pigs and Battleships (1961)

    Pigs and Battleships

    7.11961HD

    In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together....

    Pigs and Battleships
  • 1977
    Ballad of Orin

    Ballad of Orin (1977)

    Ballad of Orin

    7.11977HD

    A blind traveling musician is abused and oppressed wherever she goes, even as the modern world imposes change around her....

    Ballad of Orin
  • 1999
    Railroad Man

    Railroad Man (1999)

    Railroad Man

    71999HD

    A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad line is scheduled to be closed, he is offered a job at a hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with h...

    Railroad Man
  • 1985
    Demon

    Demon (1985)

    Demon

    7.71985HD

    Shuji was once a feared member of the Yakuza crime syndicate, but he's reformed his ways, abandoned his old life and left the city for a small coastal fishing town where he's become an honest fisherman....

    Demon
  • 2014
    Disconcerto

    Disconcerto (2014)

    Disconcerto

    6.52014HD

    Set within the fictional city of Mahoro, Keisuke Tada runs a "benriya" - a general problem solver for hire. His assistant is his former high school classmate Haruhiko Gyoten. A big crisis then occurs for them....

    Disconcerto
  • 1980
    May Love Be Restored

    May Love Be Restored (1980)

    May Love Be Restored

    01980HD

    A tragic love story between a prostitute and a young trainee monk....

    May Love Be Restored
  • 1987
    River of Fireflies

    River of Fireflies (1987)

    River of Fireflies

    01987HD

    During the winter in Toyama in 1962, Tatsuo Mizushima is fretting about his feelings for his classmate Eiko Tsujisawa while agonizing about his upcoming high school examinations. When he was little, he and Eiko had heard that in April of a year when ...

    River of Fireflies
  • 2014
    300 Million Yen Robbery

    300 Million Yen Robbery (2014)

    300 Million Yen Robbery

    62014HD

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    300 Million Yen Robbery
  • 2020
    THE LAST GOZE

    THE LAST GOZE (2020)

    THE LAST GOZE

    02020HD

    A "Goze" is a blind entertainer who travels to various places singing stories while playing the shamisen (Japanese three-stringed lute). Becoming a goze due to her blindness at seven-years-old, Haru was strictly trained with a parent's affection by h...

    THE LAST GOZE
  • 1964
    The Scent of Incense

    The Scent of Incense (1964)

    The Scent of Incense

    7.21964HD

    After her mother runs away from home, Tomoko is raised to be a geisha. One day Tomoko meets her mother in a red-light district in Tokyo and her life deeply gets in trouble....

    The Scent of Incense
  • 2017
    Tatara Samurai

    Tatara Samurai (2017)

    Tatara Samurai

    5.52017HD

    In 16th century Japan, a young man has to choose between becoming a master steel maker like his father and grandfather before him, or becoming a samurai so that he can help protect his village from attacks by the various clans which want the high-qua...

    Tatara Samurai
  • 1952
    Children of Hiroshima

    Children of Hiroshima (1952)

    Children of Hiroshima

    7.21952HD

    Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath....

    Children of Hiroshima
  • 1991
    Noh Mask Murders

    Noh Mask Murders (1991)

    Noh Mask Murders

    5.61991HD

    The patriarch of a bickering family announces his retirement, stirring competition about who will succeed him as a leading practitioner of Noh theater, his granddaughter or grandson....

    Noh Mask Murders
  • 1991
    My Sons

    My Sons (1991)

    My Sons

    7.71991HD

    Tetsuo is a young man living in Tokyo, who falls in love with a deaf-mute factory girl. He has always felt jealous of his college-educated brother, but ultimately wins both the girl and his father's acceptance and support in a touching and refreshing...

    My Sons
  • 1980
    Twenty-Four Eyes

    Twenty-Four Eyes (1980)

    Twenty-Four Eyes

    01980HD

    TV adaptation of the novel "Twenty-Four Eyes", combining animation with a few live-action scenes....

    Twenty-Four Eyes
  • 1985
    Spring Bell

    Spring Bell (1985)

    Spring Bell

    61985HD

    Rokuheita Narumi is fascinated by oriental art and works as the director of the Saho Art Museum in Nara. His wife, Noriko, is unable to leave Tokyo, despite his wishes, and the two live separately. Feeling lonely and neglected by her husband, she imm...

    Spring Bell