Direction: Minoru Shibuya

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Minoru Shibuya. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


A Certain Woman

1942 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan

Direction Minoru Shibuya

Cast Kinuyo Tanaka · Shûji Sano · Michiyo Kogure · Reikichi Kawamura

Plot Pretty Oshige is deceived by her first love. After this, she lives a hard lifestyle, working at a number of jobs. Her only pleasure is her nephew, who eventually becomes...

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Don't Tell Your Wife about it

1937 · Movie · 61 min. · Japan

Direction Minoru Shibuya

Cast Tatsuo Saito · Fumiko Okamura · Takeshi Sakamoto · Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Plot Two men who feel oppressed by their wives, yet still manage to wind their way through brothels, end up at odds with each other after a mishap at the local...

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A Good Man, A Good Day

1961 · Movie · 88 min. · Japan

Direction Minoru Shibuya

Cast Chishu Ryu · Shima Iwashita · Chikage Awashima · Yusuke Kawazu

Plot The university professor Ozeki Hitoshi (Ryu Chishu) is regarded as an eccentric by people in his surroundings. When his daughter Tokiko is asked to marry a colleague, she and her...

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Enemy Bombing Raid

1943 · Movie · 88 min. · Japan

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The Radish and the Carrot

1965 · Movie · 107 min. · Japan

Direction Minoru Shibuya

Cast Chishu Ryu · Nobuko Otowa · Mariko Kaga · Isao Yamagata

Plot One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his life savings and gives money to his...

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Yopparai tengoku

1962 · Movie · 93 min. · Japan

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Mother and Child

1938 · Movie · 88 min. · Japan

Direction Minoru Shibuya

Cast Kinuyo Tanaka · Mitsuko Yoshikawa · Shin Saburi

Plot This is the story of a young daughter, her businessman father and his mistress.

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The Days of Evil Women

1958 · Movie · 110 min. · Japan

Direction Minoru Shibuya

Cast Isuzu Yamada · Mariko Okada · Eijirô Tono · Yûnosuke Itô

Plot A black comedy in which Shibuya casts a withering glance on human greed and selfishness. Yashiro is a rich, old and grumpy man who lives with his mistress, an erstwhile...

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Crazy Uproar

1950 · Movie · 96 min. · Japan

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School of Freedom

1951 · Movie · 109 min. · Japan

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Doctor's Day Off

1952 · Movie · 97 min. · Japan

Direction Minoru Shibuya

Cast Eijirô Yanagi · Rentarô Mikuni · Chikage Awashima · Koji Tsuruta

Plot The central figure is a doctor. On his day off, several people looking for help turn up at his practice. For this eclectic bunch of war veterans, small-time criminals and...

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Wodisan

1943 · Movie · 60 min. · Japan

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