Chieko Murata Movies

Adaptation of the novel by Masao Kume.

Sachiko's beloved sister Nobuko was supposed to go to Tohoku when she suddenly dies in a car accident in Hamamatsu. Sachiko begins to trace her...

Utsugi, a seventy-seven-year-old man of refined tastes who is recovering from a stroke, discovers that, while his body is decaying, his libido still...

Obscure Masumura film shot in 1961.

1945 Japanese movie

Based on the famous novel by Junichiro Tanizaki, this is a story of the four sisters of the ancient and reputable Makioka family of Osaka.

Yano Reiko is a part-time student. After being introduced by a well-known classmate, she becomes the tutor for Mariko, the second daughter of the...

Yukio, a farm boy, and Toru, a fisherboy, live in a small Japanese village that is periodically threatened by a volcano on one side and tidal waves...

1959 Japanese movie

When a nobleman finds a woman to be an obstacle to his growing political influence, he kills her and her cat and has their bodies immured in a wall....

Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob.

A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.

A story full of youthful vigor and spirit as high school students try to work out their problems, realize the awakening of love and growing maturity...