Chieko Matsubara Movies

True story of a number of Imperial Japanese Army officers and soldiers who remained in Indonesia to fight off European colonists trying to retake the...

Satake Shoji had been a trapeze artist in the Ezaki Circus, but when Shingo, his team mate, slipped and fell to his death, he had felt responsible...

Tsuiseki is a 1961 crime film.

"She's out there somewhere, well and alive." Eiji (Teruhiko Saigo) and his sister hadn't seen their mother in almost 20 years. The war had separated...

Two brothers seek revenge on the yakuza responsible for the death of their father.

a modest family struck by hardship after a tragic event. The film explores the sacrifices of a brother and sister as they struggle with economic...

A lighthearted comedy that tells the story of love and the cheerful heroism of a young salesman pursuing a man's dream.

A schoolboy has a crush on his pretty class-mate Keiko on the inland island of Awaji. He figures her routine of taking baths at the public one is a...

Yusuke (Kirato Wakayama) is in the 6th grade of elementary school. He has lived in the city all of his life and his father Keita (Kazuya Takahashi)...

A story of the conflicting friendship and love between two young men over a young girl from a working-class neighborhood.

A film by Akiyoshi Imazeki. Emi is a 16-year-old girl who lives in Enoshima. An adolescent movie depicting teenagers' outlook on life, values, and...

After their father dies, his children try to get by on a house boat.

A moodo/akushon yakuza picture with heavy emphasis on poignant seishun romance.

1884. The samurai days have come to an end. Capitalism and democracy flourished across Japan. But in Chichibu, an area just north of Tokyo, samurai...

1961 Japanese movie