Chōko Iida Movies

A melodrama about a businessman's relations with the three women in his life.

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

1961 Japanese movie

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...

Japanese film from 1934.

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

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...

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

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

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

A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.

The story of legendary Korean-Japanese wrestler Rikidozan.

Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a father who projects his professional desires on the...

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

Rally themed entry in the Wakadaisho series

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

Japanese silent film from 1926. (Obo-chan meaning "Young Master.") Written by Ayame Mizushima, the first female screenwriter in Japan.

Three couples connected to rival business and theatrical families navigate complicated romances, workplace disputes, and family opposition.

Japanese home drama starring Kinuyo Tanaka.

Yasue (Todoroki) and Fumikichi (Oda), a married couple, have no children, but they take in children from other places and wind up raising three kids.