Chieko Seki Movies

Set in a bustling 1950s parlor, a beautiful counter clerk falls for a wealthy businessman’s son, only to have their romance derailed by a...

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...

Kamezo, a manzai comedian, had been taking a break from performing while his partner Tsuruko was giving birth, but Tsuruko announced that she was...

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

After Shuichiro moved to Tokyo, the Tanno family became completely female, including Mrs. Tanno, Shuichiro's daughter-in-law Manzuko, painter...

The real mother of the two children of a respectable university professor is not his wife, but his mistress, the hostess of a Ginza bar the family...

A melodrama in which two lovers reunite after a long journey through life.

A late-night murder, a kidnapping… and a thrilling tale of the legendary “Cndor” in action as he takes on a counterfeit currency...

A man driven mad amid the ravages of war, a woman who never found true love, and an innocent young man—all drawn once again to the military...

Adapted from a novel by Kaoru Funayama

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

Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

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...

First film in a series of military-themed comedies from Shochiku.

1958 Mito Kōmon film.

A woman in a bar was killed at a new construction site in an apartment building, and a handbag containing the value of five million yen was taken...

Ren Yoshimura directed this Daiei melodrama that was based on the novel entitled "Pandora's Box" by Dazai Osamu.