Chōko Iida Movies

A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private eye named Mitamura while both are investigating...

During the Depression, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is sacked for defending an older colleague.

A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities.

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

The Crazy Cats, a Japanese musical-comedy group, were showcased a series of comic adventures throughout the 1960s. Las Vegas Free-For-All, one of...

Japanese war movie.

When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs.

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

Amid management shakeups and arranged marriage plans at Sekai Electric, an executive couple tries to support a young woman’s relationship with...

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

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

Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a father who projects his professional desires on the...

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...

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

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

Eternal young guy, Yuzo Kayama stars in this fifth installment of the Young Guy series. Young Guy returns to the swim team from the first movie, ...

A film by Shinobu Hashimoto.

A group of hustling peddlers swindle rural towns with fake goods, facing betrayals, close calls, and constant setbacks as they chase survival and...