Chieko Naniwa Movies

Popular geisha Koharu suspects that Yusaku, a handsome stranger she falls in love with, is involved in a robbery of precious diamond.

1964 Japanese movie

Experienced shipyard worker Shimazaki gets an offer of free lodging from his employer in the company seaside rest house if he agrees to see to its...

After years of living a comfortable existence as a housewife, Aki starts to suspect that her husband is hiding something.

1955 Japanese movie

A broke romantic and a practical young woman are pulled apart by money, matchmaking, and meddling families — only to find their way back to...

1962 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

On March 11 in the seventh year of Tenpo (1836), a monk named Bennō, who fell in love with a geisha named Oshima, was publicly exposed at...

Comedy about a dress designer at a big Tokyo department store, and his relationship with three female associates.

The story follows Keiko, a dancer in the "Maiko Odori" theater in Kyoto, who tries to climb the social ladder in a world driven by money and...

1962 Japanese movie

A man’s wife dies in a swamp. Her ghost returns to haunt him.

Naomasa, the former lord of Okayama Castle and the head of the Iseda family, takes a strange boy, Kirihito, under his wing. However, Naomasa is sent...

A biographical movie about Shinran

Two lone wolf yakuza (Hideki Takahashi and Kunie Tanaka) rob a gambling den, then split up when pursued by the angry gang. They eventually meet again...

Optimistic student Hideyoshi struggles to land a job at Japan Motors, facing setbacks and rivalry but winning his way in through...

Melodrama about a young factory girl who "chooses riches over chastity".

During the latter part of the 16th Century, Japan's Warring States era was coming to a close. After crushing almost all of his enemies, Date Masamune...