Chōko Iida Movies

Kintaro goes on a journey to his hometown to meet his mother and sister. His love for singing leads him to a perceptive and cheerful girl named...

In a back alley of the Shitamachi district of Tokyo, Kihachi bears witness to a series of romantic complications involving the inhabitants of the...

1958 Japanese movie

Episode in the life of a composer of a popular Japanese song.

Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a father who projects his professional desires on the...

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

1950 Japanese movie

Mariko is an innocent girl who grew up in the highlands of Shinshu. She moves to Tokyo to live with her father who has successfully returned to...

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

College student Yuichi Tanuma is fired up for Nationals where his university Kyonan will face off against their rivals, Seihoku. Yuichi has his...

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...

Follows the life of Tsuru, the poor daughter of farmers in Shinshu, Japan.

A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching methods.

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

Shinpachi Morimura, who was born in a fusuma craftsman's house, wants to join the Japanese navy. However, his father wants him to continue in the...

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...

Yuuichi Tanuma, our young hero, is a senior at Kyonan University and captain of the marathon team. His parents run a sukiyaki restaurant back in his...

Yuzo Kayama does skydiving.