Chōko Iida Movies

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

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...

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

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.

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...

Yuzo Kayama visits New Zealand

Early Japanese silent film directed by Heinosuke Gosho.

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

Japanese silent film from 1929.

Japanese silent film from 1926, directed by Heinosuke Gosho and featuring Kinuyo Tanaka.

Japanese silent film from 1925 featuring Kinuyo Tanaka.

1962 Japanese movie

A light comedy with Ayako Wakao charming her patients.

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

Based on the Sakatayama double suicide

Japanese home drama starring Kinuyo Tanaka.

Japanese film from 1932.

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...

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...