Chōko Iida Movies

A period film about a peasant revolt in the region near Mount Fuji, occasioned by high officials' depriving the farmers of their water rights.

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

A young couple is harrased by an uncle.

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just...

Pretty Oshige is deceived by her first love. After this, she lives a hard lifestyle, working at a number of jobs. Her only pleasure is her nephew,...

1950 Japanese movie

Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

Sabu was once a boy soldier but people in his village disliked him. He finally broke loose when his land was taken.

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

Keitaro is a law student and Yaeko is a high school girl. They are neighbors, and their friendship is starting to develop into something more...

The story of legendary Korean-Japanese wrestler Rikidozan.

Japanese silent film from 1929.

In Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the return of her ex-husband, who fathered the child and...

Japanese comedy film.

At Shizumoto, a geisha shop not far from Ginza, a group of geisha are going about their day, putting up a modest resistance to the tragedies of life....

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...

Mariko is an innocent girl who grew up in the highlands of Shinshu. She moves to Tokyo to live with her father who has successfully returned to...

Hirano's wife Yasuko had grown weary of her life of poverty. Her feelings of dissatisfaction deepened when she met her elegantly dressed friend...

The adventures of a demobilised soldier and a group of war orphans under his care on Ringing Bell Hill. First installment of a wartime film trilogy.