Chōko Iida Movies

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

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

"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets...

Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl.

Saheita, the final heir of a once rich and respectable family, can't refuse the many villagers that come to him for favours and money, even though he...

Hisaya Morishige is Kyutaro, a nuclear physicist and his twin brother, Eiji, a con man. Eiji finally hits on his most elaborate scheme yet, to...

The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.

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

A young, struggling couple are making every sacrifice so they will one day in the not-too-distant-future, have enough money to get married. As they...

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

As an orphan, Yamauchi Fumiko was taken in by the politician Kawabe Sotaro and raised by him. Perhaps because of their similar circumstances, she...

Graduate Okajima finds his old-fashioned beard makes life difficult in a comedy exploring the tension between tradition and modernity.

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...

Tetsuo Nomoto, a young college graduate tries to find a decent job by himself. Later on, he will marry his girlfriend, Machiko, whom he hides the...

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...

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

Burned out butcher Hazama meets a woman at a restaurant and is asked to help her deliver a bag of diamonds.

A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching methods.