Chieko Seki Movies

In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Japan's new rehabilitation centers struggles to...

Isshin Tasuke, a friend of Ōkubo Hikozōemon, the esteemed public arbitrator of the realm, saved the maid Onatsu from punishment after she...

A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the...

Five years after the end of the Second World War, Reikichi, a repatriated veteran, translates love letters for Japanese women to American GIs, while...

Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead....

Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial...

The film centers a compassionate teacher (Setsuko Hara) who teaches at a Tokyo grade school where students curse and gamble. The school has a pond...

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just...

1957 Japanese movie

1950s Japanese comedy.

Third sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of...

The sincere, selfless love of a foolish mother for her daughter set against the backdrop of the circus.

After moving in to their dream home, newlyweds decide to rent out their second floor to save money. They soon discover the woe of being landlords.

Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.

One night in Edo, a mysterious woman in a palanquin appeared at the moneylender Yamashiroya, revealing herself to a beautiful woman. She told the...

Japanese comedy film.

First sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".