Chōko Iida Movies

1950 Japanese movie

While conducting a crackdown on contraband cigarettes at Ueno Station, inspector Tetsuro Shibuya came across an envelope addressed to Misa Makihara...

A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.

Seventh movie of the Wakadaishō series directed by Kengo Furusawa.

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...

1962 Japanese movie

The adventures of a demobilised soldier and a group of war orphans under his care on Ringing Bell Hill. Second installment of a wartime film trilogy.

University friends Ben and Shūichi unknowingly vie for the attention of the beautiful Chieko while on a skiing trip.

Young Guy (Kayama) competes in an electric guitar competition and plays American-style football.

Pretty Oshige is deceived by her first love. After this, she lives a hard lifestyle, working at a number of jobs. Her only pleasure is her nephew,...

Three couples connected to rival business and theatrical families navigate complicated romances, workplace disputes, and family opposition.

Three men vying for the same job end up chasing the same girl in this comedy-drama from noted Japanese director Yasujiro Shimazu.

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

Japanese war movie.

Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.

A film by Katsumi Iwauchi.

The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and then taking the credit.

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

Japanese drama film.