Chōko Iida Movies

Based on the serialized story "東京一代女" which appeared in Tokyo Shinbun. A geisha known for her dancing begins...

The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.

Period film from 1934.

1962 Japanese movie

Otoku asks her brother Bunkichi to speak with her son Seiichi, a young man for whom sacrificed everything but who now seems to be headed for a...

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

Japanese drama film.

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

A young man falls in love with a prostitute and is disowned by his family. He is then drafted, and heads off to war. Script exists - considered to be...

A light comedy with Ayako Wakao charming her patients.

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

An older sister and brother (Mieko Takamine and Masayoshi Otsuka) come to visit their grandfather (Takeshi Sakamoto) who lives deep in the mountains....

1950 Japanese movie

In a Tokyo boarding house a group of students and recent graduates struggle to complete their studies and find jobs. Considered a lost film.

Yuzo Kayama does skydiving.

A film by Katsumi Iwauchi.

A young man falls for one of the geisha working in the house where he lives. However, the romance doesn't find favour with his father or current...

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