Shūji Sano Movies

A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.

1954 Theater of Life adaptation.

A nurse's tale of self-sacrifice during wartime. The title is borrowed from a patriotic song made popular by singer Hamako Watanabe during the Second...

1962 Japanese movie

A film about the rivalry between Captain Gondo and the harpooner Yosuke Yamagami, working on the best whaling ship Hayabusa Maru. One day they will...

A lost film by Masahiro Makino

Japanese war movie.

A suspense comedy about thieves starring Kazuo Funaki.

Though plagued by ill health all his life, a young Japanese man is obligated to fulfill his family's longstanding military tradition.

Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of...

A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.

The story follows Oshino, a geisha who is trying to start a new life with a lover who is a painter. However, her past filled with debts and pimps...

A professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokiko, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Despite being a minor, Setsuko is a...

1962 Japanese movie

A father curries favor with his bosses to further his career, but his wife has lost faith in him. She returns to her family home while they rent out...

A hostile Chinese nurse (Yamaguchi) who works in an orphanage is won over by the care and commitment of the Japanese doctor (Sano) who treats her...

1962 Japanese movie. Remake of the 1939 movie