Chōko Iida Movies

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

Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young Catholic girl, Satoko Kitahara, who has been...

Young Guy (Kayama) competes in an electric guitar competition and plays American-style football.

Follows the life of Tsuru, the poor daughter of farmers in Shinshu, Japan.

Period film from 1934.

Two criminal brothers try to go straight but face opposition from one of their criminal cohorts. Considered to be a lost film.

A great ambition to portray with sharp satire and humor the course of modern anxiety and love that is about to be driven to despair.

The story of a sailor who begins a love affair with a woman he saves from suicide.

A passionate young man who lives for judo, the innocent girl he adores, and a challenge to the judo boss… A major match where love and life...

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

The few residents left on the streets in Tokyo share their individual stories and come to understand the melancholy of saying goodbye.

A melodrama about a businessman's relations with the three women in his life.

Japanese adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's play "Marius", set in early XXth century Japan.

A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching methods.

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

1962 Japanese movie