Noriko Hodaka Movies

The title of the film reflects the custom of writing poems and lyrics on paper lanterns. The film tells about the difficult relationship between the...

Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as...

At sixteen, due to illness, Tsuruko goes blind, and has no choice but to become a massage therapist. One day, stumbling on a staircase, she meets a...

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

A bright and cheerful story about a young girl who comes to Tokyo from the countryside, relying on her aunt to become a maid, and willingly aspires...

In a rural district of Tokyo, the owner of a farm is abandoned by his two daughters who are attracted to the life of the big city.

The case of a millionaire’s daughter who goes missing over a stolen necklace belonging to a foreign woman.

A biting portrait of the world of classical Japanese dance: an ambitious young woman (Wakao Ayako) shoves aside her mentor (Kyo Machiko) on her way...

A businessman who dreams of a successful career ends up embroiled in a murder case after a love affair.

A young woman decides to leave school in order to help her sister.

A story about a young woman who has been rehabilitated at a juvenile detention center for girls and released into society, but finds herself on the...

1961 Japanese movie