Chieko Murata Movies

Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.

A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.

A sweet and melancholy melodrama set against the backdrop of the beautiful Seto Inland Sea, in which a pair of twin sisters, one a young lady of high...

The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist board.

A kabuki actress is murdered. Her pet cat laps its mistress's blood and becomes a demon possessed by the vengeful murder victim.

Follows the murder of a money-lending masseur by an impoverished samurai. The slain masseur's daughter will also fall victim to his curse, so that...

A literary masterpiece that sharply critiques the ethics of modern romance, featuring a 48-year-old father who burns through the last of his youth...

A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki.

A film adaptation of a novel that caused a stir among women for its incisive examination of romantic relationships between men and women.

A passionate singer who’s rough around the edges but has a warm heart; a kind-hearted, impoverished painter who devotes himself wholeheartedly;...

In a small Tohoku town, family tensions rise when a sick mother’s care leads to conflict over a mistress joining the household....

Comedy drama film

In one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance.

Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob.

Daisuke Hamamura (Hiroshi Inuzuka), a driving instructor, is rather unremarkable and doesn't attract the attention of the women around him; the only...

Shikiko Oba is nimble with her fingers and teaches dressmaking and designing. Among her pupils are Rinko, Katsumi and Tomie. Ginshiro, who is as...

Sawakichi carried on his late father’s legacy, devoting himself to training in the art of seduction while searching for the secret scroll, but...