Chōko Iida Movies

  • 1949
    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog

    Stray Dog

    7.5051949HD

    A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes...

    Stray Dog
  • 1948
    Drunken Angel

    Drunken Angel

    Drunken Angel

    7.5981948HD

    Doctor Sanada treats gangster Matsunaga after he is wounded in a gunfight, and discovers that he is suffering from tuberculosis. Sanada tries to...

    Drunken Angel
  • 1955
    Forever a Woman

    Forever a Woman

    Forever a Woman

    7.41955HD

    Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her budding vocation as a poet. The beginning of her...

    Forever a Woman
  • 1934
    A Story of Floating Weeds

    A Story of Floating Weeds

    A Story of Floating Weeds

    7.0271934HD

    An aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current...

    A Story of Floating Weeds
  • 1947
    Record of a Tenement Gentleman

    Record of a Tenement Gentleman

    Record of a Tenement Gentleman

    7.2051947HD

    An errant salaryman's son gets lost until a man from the Tokyo tenements brings him to vendor Tane, who's reluctant to let the kid board.

    Record of a Tenement Gentleman
  • 1941
    Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

    Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

    Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

    6.91941HD

    After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to...

    Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family
  • 1958
    The Rickshaw Man

    The Rickshaw Man

    The Rickshaw Man

    7.1721958HD

    A poor rickshaw driver finds himself helping a young woman and her son after the woman's husband dies suddenly.

    The Rickshaw Man
  • 1962
    A Wanderer's Notebook

    A Wanderer's Notebook

    A Wanderer's Notebook

    7.21962HD

    Considered one of the finest late Naruses and a model of film biography, A Wanderer’s Notebook features remarkable performances by Hideko...

    A Wanderer's Notebook
  • 1936
    The Only Son

    The Only Son

    The Only Son

    7.41936HD

    A silk factory worker is persuaded to support her son's education up to a college level despite their poverty. Many years later, she travels to Tokyo...

    The Only Son
  • 1956
    Dotanba

    Dotanba

    Dotanba

    61956HD

    Dotanba - Last Minute

    Dotanba
  • 1935
    An Inn in Tokyo

    An Inn in Tokyo

    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...

    An Inn in Tokyo
  • 1934
    Our Neighbor, Miss Yae

    Our Neighbor, Miss Yae

    Our Neighbor, Miss Yae

    7.21934HD

    Keitaro is a law student and Yaeko is a high school girl. They are neighbors, and their friendship is starting to develop into something more...

    Our Neighbor, Miss Yae
  • 1958
    Summer Clouds

    Summer Clouds

    Summer Clouds

    7.51958HD

    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...

    Summer Clouds
  • 1931
    Tokyo Chorus

    Tokyo Chorus

    Tokyo Chorus

    6.7261931HD

    In Depression-era Tokyo, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is fired from his job.

    Tokyo Chorus
  • 1962
    Shin kitsune to tanuki

    Shin kitsune to tanuki

    Shin kitsune to tanuki

    01962HD

    1962 Japanese movie

    Shin kitsune to tanuki
  • 1947
    Spring Awakens

    Spring Awakens

    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
  • 1949
    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1

    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...

    Yotsuya Ghost Story Part 1
  • 1950
    Kagebōshi

    Kagebōshi

    Kagebōshi

    01950HD

    On the night the shogunate's treasury was breached, the guard Utsugi had already been taken down. His colleague Ryunosuke felt responsible and...

    Kagebōshi
  • 1962
    The Body

    The Body

    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
  • 1934
    A Mother Should Be Loved

    A Mother Should Be Loved

    A Mother Should Be Loved

    61934HD

    A young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is unaware of the revelation, resents his mother for...

    A Mother Should Be Loved