Chikage Awashima Movies

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief at a large mining operation in...

A young salaryman and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he embarks on an extramarital affair.

Shuzenji Monogatari (The Mask and Destiny) is based on a 12th-century Japanese legend. An abortive royal romance leads to an escalating series of...

A Japanese woman writes down three stories she has witnessed or heard of in her diary, each about the difficult situation a young woman finds herself...

In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, her more traditional family worries...

In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Japan's new rehabilitation centers struggles to...

The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.

A delightful and moving coming-of-age story. One summer, three young boys take an increasing interest in an eccentric old man who lives alone in a...

An entertainment film set in a movie studio, featuring songs and hidden talents performed by male and female stars.

Set in the midst of the Satsuma Rebellion, this story depicts the sadness of a woman’s heart. Though she hates the Imperial Army captain who...

​Ryukichi, the pampered heir to a cosmetics wholesaler, abandons his wife and child to pursue a scandalous affair with a famous geisha named...

Sequel to the 1955 movie.

The 16th "Ekimae" feature.

A seasoned prosecutor uncovers the perfect crime committed by a young lawyer.

A Christmas Eve power outage provides a collection of troubled Tokyo denizens the opportunity to come clean on the misdeeds of their past.

A sensuous movie based on a literary work. Hitomi Kuroki stars as the film’s heroine.

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

A contemporary comedy.

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

The wife of an elite government official left her husband, and a young journalist is sent to investigate the case. But his boss has a hidden agenda.