Chōko Iida Movies

Japanese film from 1933, adapted from Masao Kume's serialized newspaper novel.

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just...

1950 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...

Based on the Sakatayama double suicide

In this comic sequel to Yoshimura Kozaburo's original, Minami no Kaze, ex-baron (Saburi Shin) is in Singapore where he meets an old friend who...

Yuzo Kayama visits New Zealand

The Japanese debut film of silent-era star Sessue Hayakawa, in which he not only starred but directed.

A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke

Japanese film from 1925.

Japanese silent film from 1925 featuring Kinuyo Tanaka.

Early Japanese silent film directed by Heinosuke Gosho.

Japanese home drama starring Kinuyo Tanaka.

Hirano's wife Yasuko had grown weary of her life of poverty. Her feelings of dissatisfaction deepened when she met her elegantly dressed friend...

The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of alienation in the world of money, develops into a...

When pickpocketing runs rampant, detectives step up their game. Yazaki, a detective at the Ohira Private Detective Agency who graduated from the...

Japanese silent film from 1929.

Japanese silent film from 1926, directed by Heinosuke Gosho and featuring Kinuyo Tanaka.