Chōko Iida Movies

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their...

Japanese drama film.

A continuation of the prior film (影法師).

A unique action film about a battle between two students and a yakuza over the eviction fee for a family that abandoned their home at the bottom of...

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...

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

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

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

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

A light comedy with Ayako Wakao charming her patients.

At the wedding of Kohei (Hasegawa) and Michiko (Todoroki), a whisper echoes along with a gust of wind. As if manipulated by the mysterious voice,...

A musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of the era.

Little dark-eyed boy Kazuo. Yes, he dreamed of the sea. However, like everyone here in the village. Kazuo only wanted to study first, to finish...

In this comic sequel to Yoshimura Kozaburo's original, Minami no Kaze, ex-baron (Saburi Shin) is in Singapore where he meets an old friend who...

In this Golden Globe winner for Best Foreign-Language Film, director Heinosuke Gosho -- a master chronicler of Japanese middle-class life -- presents...