Chōko Iida Movies

In Depression-era Tokyo, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is fired from his job.

Part 2 starts where the first film ended, with Iemon disposing of the bodies of his wife and Kohei, marrying upward, and being blackmailed by the...

The Undefeated Woman

Dotanba - Last Minute

Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been...

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...

1962 Japanese movie

On Wings of Love is a 1957 Japanese romantic musical film directed by Toshio Sugie. It was Toho's highest-grossing film of the year and the first...

Focuses on the mutual antipathy of two groups of children in an Izu village.

Young Guy graduates from University.

A young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is unaware of the revelation, resents his mother for...

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

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

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...

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

Japanese Warmovie

Yuzo Kayama does skydiving.