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...

An Ishiro Honda film.

Otoku asks her brother Bunkichi to speak with her son Seiichi, a young man for whom sacrificed everything but who now seems to be headed for a...

At the wedding of Kohei (Hasegawa) and Michiko (Todoroki), a whisper echoes along with a gust of wind. As if manipulated by the mysterious voice,...

Japanese drama film.

1958 Japanese movie

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

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...

1962 Japanese movie

The story of a boy who befriends a lonely middle-aged man.

Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the...

From runaway brides to a typhoon, the continued adventures of Ushikata police station.

1958 Japanese movie

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

Young Guy (Kayama) competes in an electric guitar competition and plays American-style football. Released alongside Invasion of Astro Monster.

Yasube Nakayama left the clan and lives in Edo. One day, Yasubei visits his uncle Rokuroemon Kanno to borrow money from a moneylender in the amount...

The story of legendary Korean-Japanese wrestler Rikidozan.

1962 Japanese movie

The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.