Chieko Naniwa Movies

During the latter part of the 16th Century, Japan's Warring States era was coming to a close. After crushing almost all of his enemies, Date Masamune...

The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji Castle...

Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a moving look at the lives of women of tenacity and...

A revenge comedy directed by Torajiro Saito (Oedo's most Popular Man) from a script by Chao Fushimi (The Millionaire of a Night) and shot by Hiro...

Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.

A tale of three Yakuza gamblers who traveled Japan during the samurai era living by their wits and sword skills. Told in 3 separate vignettes, each...

Sequel to the 1955 movie.

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in TohoScope.

1961 Japanese movie

1963 Japanese movie

Fourth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

An Ishiro Honda film.

Tragi-comedy about the inhabitants of a remote, mountain-locked village where only the first-born sons are allowed to marry and have children.

The lives of a family of kelp (kombu) merchants in Osaka across three generations, spanning from the Meiji era through the aftermath of World War II.

A ruffian joins the ranks of the emperor’s guards.

Kunisada Chuji is a common folk hero who looks out for poor people in the country who are at the mercy of corrupt officials. Intent on fulfilling a...

A girl rebels against her mother, who runs a brothel in Yokohama, and attempts to find freedom on her own.