Chōko Iida Movies

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...

A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.

A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities.

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

Five years have passed since the three comrades who saved their lives in the Burma Campaign, namely Kenichiro Kishi, Eiji Shiga, and Daizo Kobayashi,...

Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves.

An aging geisha, whose angry teenage son is ashamed of her profession, works alongside a young geisha, resentful of her family for forcing her into a...

In 1887, two businessmen, Echigo-ya and Kitahara, compete for railroad construction authorization from the government. The minister states that a...

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

The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.

A continuation of the prior film (影法師).

Masako is a humble waitress who has a chance encounter with playboy Tamotsu. With the aid of his sister, Tamotsu seeks to win Masako's affection...

1962 Japanese movie

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

Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman who...

Film by Buichi Saitô