Movies: Chōko Iida

Lord for a Night is a 1946 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa....

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 a lost film....

In a back alley of the Shitamachi district of Tokyo, Kihachi bears witness to a series of romantic complications involving the inhabitants of the neighborhood. Considered to be a lost film....

A continuation of the prior film (影法師)....

Shinpachi Morimura, who was born in a fusuma craftsman's house, wants to join the Japanese navy. However, his father wants him to continue in the family business and refuses to accept it....

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

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 Junichiro....

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

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

Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a father who projects his professional desires on the life of his son. The sister Machiko is the essential link that will allow everyone to apologize to eac...

The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job to her ending up as a prostitute....

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Japanese Warmovie...

Two criminal brothers try to go straight but face opposition from one of their criminal cohorts. Considered to be a lost film....

A film by Shinobu Hashimoto....

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

Seventh movie of the Wakadaishō series directed by Kengo Furusawa...

An Ishiro Honda film....

Masako is a humble waitress who has a chance encounter with playboy Tamotsu. With the aid of his sister, Tamotsu seeks to win Masako's affection despite the disapproval of his wealthy parents and Masako's own feelings towards the working-class cabbie...