Chieko Higashiyama Movies

In order to pay back Mrs. Kajiki for her good deed in the past, Hatsu moves from her village in Akita to Tokyo to start working as a maid for her...

A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.

The Angry Street includes a great deal of location shooting in the rebuilt city, including downtown streets, residential neighborhoods, the campus of...

Utsugi, a seventy-seven-year-old man of refined tastes who is recovering from a stroke, discovers that, while his body is decaying, his libido still...

1958 Japanese movie

A young student falls into a hopeless romantic attraction to a sick girl, whom he can only see from afar.

One of many adaptations of "Onna no isshō", this time by Yasuzo Masumura as a starring vehicle for famed actress Machiko Kyo.

Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform.

A story about four best friends and their lives inside and outside college. Then suddenly one of them receives a surprising offer to be a movie star.

Woman melodrama by Shiro Toyoda

A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.

Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.

A dynamic woman who aspires to be a writer, living a wild life in constant search of freedom while indulging in lust with four men.

When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous...

Three IJN flyers Mikami (Susumu Fujita), Kawakami (Masayuki Mori) and Murakami (Akitake Kono) are good friends, and they are all renowned for their...

When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his children into unsatisfying marriages and careers in...

After Shuichiro moved to Tokyo, the Tanno family became completely female, including Mrs. Tanno, Shuichiro's daughter-in-law Manzuko, painter...