Chōko Iida Movies

Based on the Sakatayama double suicide

Japanese film from 1929.

A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke

As an orphan, Yamauchi Fumiko was taken in by the politician Kawabe Sotaro and raised by him. Perhaps because of their similar circumstances, she...

Japanese film from 1925.

A hard-working new employee at a trading company is promoted through the company president's business. However, he quarrels with his wife over...

An older sister and brother (Mieko Takamine and Masayoshi Otsuka) come to visit their grandfather (Takeshi Sakamoto) who lives deep in the mountains....

Japanese silent film from 1925 featuring Kinuyo Tanaka.

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

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...

A Ginza pickpocket, wanting to show his mother his filial piety, disguises himself as an office worker and takes her sightseeing in Tokyo, with the...

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

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

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

Early Japanese silent film directed by Heinosuke Gosho.

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

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