Chōko Iida Movies

Oiwa has been searching for the one who killed her father for a long time. She comes to Yedo and sees a man named Naosuke. The film is based on the...

In "The Other Woman" the children of a distinguished professor find that the woman they have come to regard as their racy and slightly disreputable...

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

Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman who...

1962 Japanese movie

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

1961 Japanese movie

Rally themed entry in the Wakadaisho series

The few residents left on the streets in Tokyo share their individual stories and come to understand the melancholy of saying goodbye.

Seventh movie of the Wakadaishō series directed by Kengo Furusawa.

Amid management shakeups and arranged marriage plans at Sekai Electric, an executive couple tries to support a young woman’s relationship with...

A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to be driven to despair.

This historical film depicts the life of a man who was at the mercy of the waves during transition from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji...

Japanese drama film.

A group of hustling peddlers swindle rural towns with fake goods, facing betrayals, close calls, and constant setbacks as they chase survival and...

A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki...

In Depression-era Tokyo, a struggling middle-aged single father with a young son comes across a homeless young lady and convinces a bar owner to take...

1958 Japanese movie

In a military family, an illegitimate son is brutalized by his brothers. A patriarchal, feudalistic household where dissent is forbidden is used to...

Japanese war movie.