Chōko Iida Movies

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

Yuzo Kayama does skydiving.

The 10th film in the Wakadaisho series, the Young Ace Yuichi Tanuma travels to Hawaii to train in deep-sea navigation. The Young Ace comes to the...

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

Yuzo Kayama visits New Zealand

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

Five regulars at “Maxwell,” a cabaret tucked away in the back streets of Ginza—including Chida and Numai—are once again...

Japanese drama film.

1958 Japanese movie

Episode in the life of a composer of a popular Japanese song.

On Wings of Love is a 1957 Japanese romantic musical film directed by Toshio Sugie. It was Toho's highest-grossing film of the year and the first...

A Ginza pickpocket, wanting to show his mother his filial piety, disguises himself as an office worker and takes her sightseeing in Tokyo, with the...

Japanese film from 1934.

Rally themed entry in the Wakadaisho series

The adventures of a demobilised soldier and a group of war orphans under his care on Ringing Bell Hill. Second installment of a wartime film trilogy.

Period film from 1934.

A young man falls in love with a prostitute and is disowned by his family. He is then drafted, and heads off to war. Script exists - considered to be...

A continuation of the prior film (影法師).

Shinpachi Morimura, who was born in a fusuma craftsman's house, wants to join the Japanese navy. However, his father wants him to continue in the...