Chieko Nakakita Movies

An Ishiro Honda film.

Historical drama about a sleepy-eyed ronin.

A Tokyo family running a liquor store overcome impotence and dysfunction as they induce an understanding through each other of how to deal with their...

A widowed high-school teacher tries to raise his four children alone.

Two youths – the serious son of a Buddhist abbot and his rakish pal – quarrel over a restaurant keeper's daughter. When one of the youths...

A story of unhappy youths and the perils of lack of sex education.

A young Tokyo couple’s blissful newlywed life is turned upside down when an unexpected pregnancy arrives, sending them on a whirlwind quest for...

Banjun organizes a group of con men to fleece the greedy and rich.

Directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, the drama, set in the brothels of Shimabara in post-war Kyoto, is a moving look at the lives of women of tenacity and...

An irresponsible salaryman works his way to the top of the corporate ladder.

The real mother of the two children of a respectable university professor is not his wife, but his mistress, the hostess of a Ginza bar the family...

Tora-san returns to his family home to learn that his brother-in-law cannot go to Mitsuo's (Tora-san's nephew) athletic event. Tora-san volunteers to...

1962 Japanese movie

After the son of a wealthy man is kidnapped, a tenacious young reporter decides to find the culprit.

1962 Japanese movie

Salaryman comedy.

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

Story about a poor Japanese woman living near an American army base who resorts to prostitution.

Easily bored, but still innocent and naive countryside girl discovers partying in Tokyo is a ton of fun. Yakuza-to-be is an acquaintance who tries to...