Chieko Higashiyama Movies

One of many adaptations of "Onna no isshō", this time by Yasuzo Masumura as a starring vehicle for famed actress Machiko Kyo.

Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his...

The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’...

Japan, 1701. A group of samurai become rônin after their lord is forced to commit seppuku for assaulting a court official, who will become the...

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...

Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.

At a coastal hot spring inn, a group of women navigate work, personal struggles, and unexpected scandals. When a guest threatens to expose one maid's...

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

Japanese mystery thriller.

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.

Hikaru and Ichiro are close friends in high school. Hikaru's elder brother Tadashi fell in love with Ichiro's elder sister, Mikako at first sight....

A family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.

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

1947 Toho film directed by Tadashi Imai

One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his...