Movies: Chōko Iida

  • 1933
    Every-Night Dreams

    Every-Night Dreams (1933)

    Every-Night Dreams

    7.11933HD

    In Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the return of her ex-husband, who fathered the child and walked out on her years earlier....

    Every-Night Dreams
  • 1949
    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1 (1949)

    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

    6.71949HD

    Iemon Tamiya is an impoverished masterless samurai who craves a better life, which he cannot have because of his marriage to Oiwa, who is completely devoted to her husband....

    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
  • 1961
    Wind and waves of the South

    Wind and waves of the South (1961)

    Wind and waves of the South

    01961HD

    Little dark-eyed boy Kazuo. Yes, he dreamed of the sea. However, like everyone here in the village. Kazuo only wanted to study first, to finish school... But he failed. Mother died. The woman who replaced her brought with her affection, comfort, and ...

    Wind and waves of the South
  • 1952
    Tokyo Sweetheart

    Tokyo Sweetheart (1952)

    Tokyo Sweetheart

    7.71952HD

    Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys, a maker of costume jewelry, and a streetcorner artist all struggle to make their livings and to fi...

    Tokyo Sweetheart
  • 1954
    The Ditch

    The Ditch (1954)

    The Ditch

    71954HD

    Postwar Tokyo. Pin and Toku live in the squatter area of Kappanuma. Pin and Toku are avid gamblers. They take in Tsuru, a slightly demented woman who has run away from a geisha house....

    The Ditch
  • 1962
    The Body

    The Body (1962)

    The Body

    6.51962HD

    The sexual experiences of the passionate Sakiko, from her fling with her boss in her first job to her ending up as a prostitute....

    The Body
  • 1935
    An Inn in Tokyo

    An Inn in Tokyo (1935)

    An Inn in Tokyo

    6.91935HD

    An unemployed Japanese man and his two sons wander the industrial flatlands of Depression-era Tokyo, until he chances upon an old friend and befriends a woman and her daughter, who are in a similar predicament....

    An Inn in Tokyo
  • 1956
    Darkness at Noon

    Darkness at Noon (1956)

    Darkness at Noon

    6.61956HD

    Police beat a murder confession out of four innocent men who are then sentenced to death. Based on a true story....

    Darkness at Noon
  • 1947
    Spring Awakens

    Spring Awakens (1947)

    Spring Awakens

    6.81947HD

    Slice of life film centered on a couple of years in the life of a rural high school girl....

    Spring Awakens
  • 1961
    The Other Woman

    The Other Woman (1961)

    The Other Woman

    6.31961HD

    In "The Other Woman" the children of a distinguished professor find that the woman they have come to regard as their racy and slightly disreputable Ginza aunt is really their mother....

    The Other Woman
  • 1958
    Holiday in Japan

    Holiday in Japan (1958)

    Holiday in Japan

    01958HD

    Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding....

    Holiday in Japan
  • 1956
    Twice on a Certain Night

    Twice on a Certain Night (1956)

    Twice on a Certain Night

    01956HD

    Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to notice the terrible sacrifices made by his wife when she accepts a job at a local inn....

    Twice on a Certain Night
  • 1935
    Burden of Life

    Burden of Life (1935)

    Burden of Life

    6.41935HD

    A middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old son to raise whom he resents as he was unwanted....

    Burden of Life
  • 1967
    Las Vegas Free-For-All

    Las Vegas Free-For-All (1967)

    Las Vegas Free-For-All

    01967HD

    The Crazy Cats, a Japanese musical-comedy group, were showcased a series of comic adventures throughout the 1960s. Las Vegas Free-For-All, one of their most popular movies, featured scenes filmed on location in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Hawaii. App...

    Las Vegas Free-For-All
  • 1955
    The Samurai of Edo

    The Samurai of Edo (1955)

    The Samurai of Edo

    61955HD

    This historical film depicts the life of a man who was at the mercy of the waves during transition from the end of the Edo period to the Meiji Restoration, and therefore, shows audience the dynamic change from Edo to Meiji. Before the war, the direc...

    The Samurai of Edo
  • 1962
    Pride of the Campus

    Pride of the Campus (1962)

    Pride of the Campus

    01962HD

    Young Yuichi (Kayama) romances Sumiko (Hoshi) while helping out at his family's restaurant, singing in a band, and preparing for an important boxing tournament....

    Pride of the Campus
  • 1963
    Itsudemo yume o

    Itsudemo yume o (1963)

    Itsudemo yume o

    01963HD

    This is a factory area in downtown Tokyo, and Hikaru, nicknamed Pika-chan, is a nurse at the Mihara Clinic, a friend of the poor....

    Itsudemo yume o
  • 1955
    Policeman's Diary

    Policeman's Diary (1955)

    Policeman's Diary

    6.51955HD

    Lending money, job hunting for civilians and babysitting. All these things are usually not listed on a policeman's job description. But for the officers of this local police station, it‘s part of their daily routine. One day, patrolman Yoshii (Hisaya...

    Policeman's Diary
  • 1933
    The Dancing Girl of Izu

    The Dancing Girl of Izu (1933)

    The Dancing Girl of Izu

    6.51933HD

    "The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets there, including their youngest girl. The student finds the naïve girl attractive even though he eve...

    The Dancing Girl of Izu
  • 1950
    Beyond the Hills

    Beyond the Hills (1950)

    Beyond the Hills

    01950HD

    Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts....

    Beyond the Hills