Chieko Higashiyama Movies

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...

1958 Japanese movie

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 love triangle among a girl, her poor boyfriend, and a rich company president.

After Shuichiro moved to Tokyo, the Tanno family became completely female, including Mrs. Tanno, Shuichiro's daughter-in-law Manzuko, painter...

A youth film set in a high school.

A tale of a wasted youth and romantic conflict.

Motoko Fujikawa works in the Seisen Church as an assistant to pastor Maki Inokichi. Motoko falls in love with Inokichi's virtuous character and...

Reiko Nishida, though she had both parents, felt lonely because she couldn’t fit in with the cold atmosphere at home. A student at Wakaba...

1963 Japanese movie

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....

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

A case of mistaken identity in which a woman assumes the role of widow to a man killed in a train accident.

A young woman decides to leave school in order to help her sister.

This movie attempts to present the reality of doctorless villages to society at large, while focusing on simple human love in a heartwarming episode...

A family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.

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

The Siege of Osaka

In a certain port town, there is a group of young men called the Wakakusa-kai. The chairman Oda (Miki), member Ichiro Sonoda (Ishihama), his sister...