Chōko Iida Movies

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

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama...

1950 Japanese movie

A group of ne'er-do-wells live happily in the slums of what is now Tokyo and have a number of adventures: they get drunk and go whoring, revenge...

Yuzo Kayama visits New Zealand

Tsukamoto and Omitsu are close friends, but one day, Tsukamoto becomes fascinated by Ayako, whom he meets at the home of Miyajima.

Based on the Sakatayama double suicide

Japanese silent film from 1929.

A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke

Early Japanese silent film directed by Heinosuke Gosho.

Japanese silent film from 1925 featuring Kinuyo Tanaka.

The Japanese debut film of silent-era star Sessue Hayakawa, in which he not only starred but directed.

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

1926 silent film directed by Heinosuke Gosho.

Japanese home drama starring Kinuyo Tanaka.

Japanese silent film from 1929.