Chōko Iida Movies

In a Tokyo boarding house a group of students and recent graduates struggle to complete their studies and find jobs. Considered a lost film.

1962 Japanese movie

A group of teenagers grow up in Okinawa amid the protests and resistance against the presence of the American base in the island.

Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely...

Japanese Warmovie

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

A film by Katsumi Iwauchi.

1958 Japanese movie

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

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,...

1962 Japanese movie

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

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

Yuuichi Tanuma, our young hero, is a senior at Kyonan University and captain of the marathon team. His parents run a sukiyaki restaurant back in his...

A period film about a peasant revolt in the region near Mount Fuji, occasioned by high officials' depriving the farmers of their water rights.

In "The Other Woman" the children of a distinguished professor find that the woman they have come to regard as their racy and slightly disreputable...

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...