Chōko Iida Movies

During the Depression, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is sacked for defending an older colleague.

Comedy about a car salesman delivering a late model station wagon from Tokyo to Izumo to a representative of the Japanese Diet, who plans to use the...

A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns...

As an orphan, Yamauchi Fumiko was taken in by the politician Kawabe Sotaro and raised by him. Perhaps because of their similar circumstances, she...

A group of hustling peddlers swindle rural towns with fake goods, facing betrayals, close calls, and constant setbacks as they chase survival and...

In Depression-era Tokyo, a struggling middle-aged single father with a young son comes across a homeless young lady and convinces a bar owner to take...

Based on a 1956 television feature on Japan’s national network, NHK, this is one of Uchida’s rarest films. A socially conscious drama...

Ikeuchi was captain of the K - University ice hockey team. The daughter Shikotsuko of Ginza 's western restaurant "Piccolo" was also a female student...

Pretty Oshige is deceived by her first love. After this, she lives a hard lifestyle, working at a number of jobs. Her only pleasure is her nephew,...

The first instalment in Toho's popular Wakadaishō (Young Guy) series.

A bus driver and a female conductor on a route deep in the mountains are embroiled in a love affair that is depicted in great detail in this...

A film about the life of Kiyoshi Yamashita, a Japanese painter with disabilities.

Three young women make a suicide pact, but they grow to have a better understanding of themselves.

A clothing manufacturer president tries to revitalize his company during a business downturn by securing new sales partners and chasing a deal with a...

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

Maruyama, a day laborer, is living on an abandoned ship at the port of Osaka when he meets an elusive man offering a job.

A professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokiko, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Despite being a minor, Setsuko is a...

Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.

Uta’s mother died when she was six years old; her father she never met. She was forced to adopt a traveller’s life when her grandmother...