Chōko Iida Movies

A melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is apparently the first adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's The...

1962 Japanese movie

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,...

On the night the shogunate's treasury was breached, the guard Utsugi had already been taken down. His colleague Ryunosuke felt responsible and...

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...

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

The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of alienation in the world of money, develops into a...

1950 Japanese movie

Three couples connected to rival business and theatrical families navigate complicated romances, workplace disputes, and family opposition.

A boy falls in love with a girl. Neither of them know that she's to be sold to a brothel.

A hard-working new employee at a trading company is promoted through the company president's business. However, he quarrels with his wife over...

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...

Most of the students studying Ikebana with Kozoe Iemoto are daughters of rich Tokyo families. Kozoe meets and grows close to a doctor who proposes...

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

A young man falls in love with a prostitute and is disowned by his family. He is then drafted, and heads off to war. Script exists - considered to be...

Yuzo Kayama visits New Zealand

Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a father who projects his professional desires on the...

1950 Japanese movie