Chōko Iida Movies

Yasube Nakayama left the clan and lives in Edo. One day, Yasubei visits his uncle Rokuroemon Kanno to borrow money from a moneylender in the amount...

A clothing manufacturer president tries to revitalize his company during a business downturn by securing new sales partners and chasing a deal with a...

Japanese drama film.

1958 Japanese movie

Maruyama, a day laborer, is living on an abandoned ship at the port of Osaka when he meets an elusive man offering a job.

A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke

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

The story of a boy who befriends a lonely middle-aged man.

From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.

Love stories of four sisters from a small restaurant in Asakusa.

A hen-pecked man works as his artist wife's model and a house-husband. When her patron flirts with her and humiliates him, he decides to get revenge...

A 1937 Japanese film.

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...

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...

Japanese adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's play "Marius", set in early XXth century Japan.

1950 Japanese movie

An Ishiro Honda film.

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

A boy falls in love with a girl. Neither of them know that she's to be sold to a brothel.