Chōko Iida Movies

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

At Shizumoto, a geisha shop not far from Ginza, a group of geisha are going about their day, putting up a modest resistance to the tragedies of life....

Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.

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

On the night the shogunate's treasury was breached, the guard Utsugi had already been taken down. His colleague Ryunosuke felt responsible and...

An older sister and brother (Mieko Takamine and Masayoshi Otsuka) come to visit their grandfather (Takeshi Sakamoto) who lives deep in the mountains....

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

1950 Japanese movie

The story of legendary Korean-Japanese wrestler Rikidozan.

A young couple is harrased by an uncle.

Born into a poor farming family, Yukie left home with her only son Ryokichi, leaving her grandfather Heisaku behind, to search for her husband...

This pair of gentle yet witty and inventive comedies from the director of The Neighbour's Wife and Mine typify both the formal experimentation of...

A unique action film about a battle between two students and a yakuza over the eviction fee for a family that abandoned their home at the bottom of...

A boy falls in love with a girl. Neither of them know that she's to be sold to a brothel.