Chōko Iida Movies

1961 Japanese movie

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

A 1937 Japanese film.

Based on the Sakatayama double suicide

1962 Japanese movie

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

The narrative is about a woman who faces hard times, when her husband is arrested for a crime committed by his boss. The woman also has a child to...

The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of alienation in the world of money, develops into a...

Uta’s mother died when she was six years old; her father she never met. She was forced to adopt a traveller’s life when her grandmother...

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

An Ishiro Honda film.

1950 Japanese movie

This pair of gentle yet witty and inventive comedies from the director of The Neighbour's Wife and Mine typify both the formal experimentation of...