Chōko Iida Movies

A straight-laced employee is tasked with supervising his impulsive CEO during a business trip intended to revive struggling sales.

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama...

The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.

Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman who...

Short Japanese silent comedy from 1926. Directed by "Kamata Nonkinosuke," a probable pseudonym for a junior director (literally "Carefree Man from...

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...

Tsukamoto and Omitsu are close friends, but one day, Tsukamoto becomes fascinated by Ayako, whom he meets at the home of Miyajima.

Japanese film from 1932.

1926 silent film directed by Heinosuke Gosho.

A modern girl suddenly intrudes into a widower's family home.

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...

The 10th film in the Wakadaisho series, the Young Ace Yuichi Tanuma travels to Hawaii to train in deep-sea navigation. The Young Ace comes to the...

Japanese drama from 1934. A major production of Shochiku Studio, directed by Hiroshi Shimizu.

A group of hustling peddlers swindle rural towns with fake goods, facing betrayals, close calls, and constant setbacks as they chase survival and...

Early Japanese silent film directed by Heinosuke Gosho.

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

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese silent film from 1928.

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