Chōko Iida Movies

In a military family, an illegitimate son is brutalized by his brothers. A patriarchal, feudalistic household where dissent is forbidden is used to...

The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and then taking the credit.

A film by Katsumi Iwauchi.

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

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

A rural widow sends her only son to Tokyo to receive a better education. Years later, she visits him and finds he has become a night school teacher...

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

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

A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.

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...

Young Guy (Kayama) competes in an electric guitar competition and plays American-style football.

Japanese Warmovie

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...

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.

Three men vying for the same job end up chasing the same girl in this comedy-drama from noted Japanese director Yasujiro Shimazu.