Chieko Higashiyama Movies

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.

A family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.

A young student falls for an invalid girl, whom he can only see from afar.

A village struggles to survive when the nearby lake becomes barren of fish.

Yuji, a budding writer, meets and starts falling in love with his best friend’s girlfriend, Natsuko. The attraction is mutual but due to the...

1947 Toho film directed by Tadashi Imai

Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.

A film depicting a woman who gradually awakens to a new Japanese style of romance, moving away from the old Japanese style.

A travelling theater troupe, led by Umagoro Ichikawa, comes to play in a mining town, and manages to sell every seat. Before the play begins,...

Woman melodrama by Shiro Toyoda

The Yoshikawa family is a typical small town family. With only the father's and daughter's salaries to support the family's six members, life is not...

Set during Japan's Bakumatsu period, the film follows Fukuzawa Yukichi, a poor samurai's son who defies societal norms to study Dutch and English....

A youth film set in a high school.

Based on the original work by Shuji Hojo, Itohan Monogatari depicts the fate of a clumsy and kind-hearted woman in the Taisho era.

Yamada Maki, who has a strained relationship with her father and a protective older brother, Katsuyoshi, faces a series of emotional challenges,...

Adaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa.

A tale of a wasted youth and romantic conflict.

1958 Japanese movie