Chōko Iida Movies

During the Depression, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is sacked for defending an older colleague.

A hen-pecked man works as his artist wife's model and a house-husband. When her patron flirts with her and humiliates him, he decides to get revenge...

Young Yuichi (Kayama) romances Sumiko (Hoshi) while helping out at his family's restaurant, singing in a band, and preparing for an important boxing...

A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to be driven to despair.

Comedy about a car salesman delivering a late model station wagon from Tokyo to Izumo to a representative of the Japanese Diet, who plans to use the...

A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns...

Amid management shakeups and arranged marriage plans at Sekai Electric, an executive couple tries to support a young woman’s relationship with...

A film by Shinobu Hashimoto.

The few residents left on the streets in Tokyo share their individual stories and come to understand the melancholy of saying goodbye.

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

Japanese Warmovie

Fourth entry in Toho's Wakadaishō series directed by Jun Fukuda and released on a simultaneous screening with Matango. Filmed on location in...

1962 Japanese movie

A straight-laced employee is tasked with supervising his impulsive CEO during a business trip intended to revive struggling sales.

A young, struggling couple are making every sacrifice so they will one day in the not-too-distant-future, have enough money to get married. As they...

Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.

Japanese home drama starring Kinuyo Tanaka.

Japanese drama film.

A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki...