Chōko Iida Movies

Japanese drama from 1934. A major production of Shochiku Studio, directed by Hiroshi Shimizu.

1961 Japanese movie

The story of a sailor who begins a love affair with a woman he saves from suicide.

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...

Ichiro Yoshida, the father of the boy Kiyoshi, who has been repatriated from China, returns home after a ten-year separation. The father, who has...

1962 Japanese movie

A young couple is harrased by an uncle.

The story of a boy who befriends a lonely middle-aged man.

Kintaro goes on a journey to his hometown to meet his mother and sister. His love for singing leads him to a perceptive and cheerful girl named...

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.

Yuzo Kayama visits New Zealand

Japanese film from 1933, adapted from Masao Kume's serialized newspaper novel.

Japanese silent film from 1926. (Obo-chan meaning "Young Master.") Written by Ayame Mizushima, the first female screenwriter in Japan.

Based on the Sakatayama double suicide

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...

A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke