Chōko Iida Movies

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

Rally themed entry in the Wakadaisho series

1958 Japanese movie

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

Uta’s mother died when she was six years old; her father she never met. She was forced to adopt a traveller’s life when her grandmother...

A boy falls in love with a girl. Neither of them know that she's to be sold to a brothel.

Masako is a humble waitress who has a chance encounter with playboy Tamotsu. With the aid of his sister, Tamotsu seeks to win Masako's affection...

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

Japanese drama film.

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

1961 Japanese movie

1926 silent film directed by Heinosuke Gosho.

A young man falls in love with a prostitute and is disowned by his family. He is then drafted, and heads off to war. Script exists - considered to be...

Keitaro is a law student and Yaeko is a high school girl. They are neighbors, and their friendship is starting to develop into something more...

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...

A group of ne'er-do-wells live happily in the slums of what is now Tokyo and have a number of adventures: they get drunk and go whoring, revenge...

The story of a boy who befriends a lonely middle-aged man.

A young man falls for one of the geisha working in the house where he lives. However, the romance doesn't find favour with his father or current...