Chōko Iida Movies

Japanese film from 1934.

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...

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

This is a factory area in downtown Tokyo, and Hikaru, nicknamed Pika-chan, is a nurse at the Mihara Clinic, a friend of the poor.

1950 Japanese movie

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...

Seventh movie of the Wakadaishō series directed by Kengo Furusawa.

Burned out butcher Hazama meets a woman at a restaurant and is asked to help her deliver a bag of diamonds.

1962 Japanese movie

A film by Shinobu Hashimoto.

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...

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

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

As an orphan, Yamauchi Fumiko was taken in by the politician Kawabe Sotaro and raised by him. Perhaps because of their similar circumstances, she...

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke

Period film from 1934.