Shin Saburi Movies

Masahiko Koseki, a judo master, gets in several fights as a result of protecting a young woman. Despite his success, Koseki is expelled from his judo...

Two childhood friends go their own ways but meet again some years later after they have both married. They get re-acquainted, meet each others’...

Television production of I Want to Be a Shellfish. On a post-war peaceful day in Japan, Toyomatsu Shimizu, a barber as well as a good father and...

Based on the novel by Yoshie Hotta

TV drama based off the play of the same name by Yukio Mishima.

The inventor of a ground-breaking glue, Sanada, becomes rich thanks to his discovery a high executive in his company. Because of this promotion, his...

A businessman’s daughter falls in love with one of her father’s employees.

An industrialist is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is on a trip to Europe at the time, and a glimpse of a Japanese woman in that setting causes...

In the movies of those times, you can see young boys in the company scene often. Those boys were called kyuji (給仕), which means...

A young lawyer falls in love with the daughter of his former professor, whom he's hired to tutor his children.

Part one of Shin Saburi's Theater of Life adaptation.

Comedy drama by Kon Ichikawa

Minamimura, who had always wanted to be free, suddenly quits his job. His hardworking wife is surprised and angry, and throws him out of the house....

Kinuyo is a daughter of rice cracker shop in downtown. She fell in love with her sister's boyfriend. It is a story whose theme is warm human...

A movie adaptation of Funayama Kaoru's novel of the same name, which depicts the story of a modern youth who is attracted to the evil path. Saburi...

A group of female doctors travel to a remote village during their summer holiday to offer free medical care to villagers. There they must battle...

A young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret: she's a widow with a son. Kozo and Katsue decide to run...