Chōko Iida Movies

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...

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

A bus driver and a female conductor on a route deep in the mountains are embroiled in a love affair that is depicted in great detail in this...

1961 Japanese movie

College student Yuichi Tanuma is fired up for Nationals where his university Kyonan will face off against their rivals, Seihoku. Yuichi has his...

A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private eye named Mitamura while both are investigating...

During the Depression, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is sacked for defending an older colleague.

A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities.

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

The Crazy Cats, a Japanese musical-comedy group, were showcased a series of comic adventures throughout the 1960s. Las Vegas Free-For-All, one of...

Japanese war movie.

When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs.

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

Amid management shakeups and arranged marriage plans at Sekai Electric, an executive couple tries to support a young woman’s relationship with...

Japanese adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's play "Marius", set in early XXth century Japan.

When pickpocketing runs rampant, detectives step up their game. Yazaki, a detective at the Ohira Private Detective Agency who graduated from the...

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

Oiwa has been searching for the one who killed her father for a long time. She comes to Yedo and sees a man named Naosuke. The film is based on the...