Chōko Iida Movies

On the night the shogunate's treasury was breached, the guard Utsugi had already been taken down. His colleague Ryunosuke felt responsible and...

The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just...

Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the...

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their...

An Ishiro Honda film.

1950 Japanese movie

A young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is unaware of the revelation, resents his mother for...

1950 Japanese movie

Seventh movie of the Wakadaishō series directed by Kengo Furusawa

The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job to her ending up as a prostitute.

Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves.

Three men vying for the same job end up chasing the same girl in this comedy-drama from noted Japanese director Yasujiro Shimazu.

Masako is a humble waitress who has a chance encounter with playboy Tamotsu. With the aid of his sister, Tamotsu seeks to win Masako's affection...

A youth drama directed by Kiyoshi Horiike, who was adapted from "Young Tokyo no Yane" by Akira Saiga from "Oka wa Hanazakari" based on Yojiro...

Sabu was once a boy soldier but people in his village disliked him. He finally broke loose when his land was taken.

The story of a sailor who begins a love affair with a woman he saves from suicide.

Ichiro Yoshida, the father of the boy Kiyoshi, who has been repatriated from China, returns home after a ten-year separation. The father, who has...