Chieko Higashiyama Movies

A student at a woman's university takes a controversial action against the school's old-fashioned doctrines.

Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.

Set during Japan's Bakumatsu period, the film follows Fukuzawa Yukichi, a poor samurai's son who defies societal norms to study Dutch and English....

Based on the original work by Shuji Hojo, Itohan Monogatari depicts the fate of a clumsy and kind-hearted woman in the Taisho era.

The Yoshikawa family is a typical small town family. With only the father's and daughter's salaries to support the family's six members, life is not...

The mistress of a crook real estate broker comes to terms with her soulless existence after an artist paints her portrait.

Woman melodrama by Shiro Toyoda

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...

A young man who is unable to tell his childhood friend how he feels makes a pledge with her to reveal all of their secrets during the upcoming...

Japanese mystery thriller.

The Siege of Osaka

This movie attempts to present the reality of doctorless villages to society at large, while focusing on simple human love in a heartwarming episode...

Japanese drama.

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.

Born to a prestigious family, Natsuko is not impressed by any one of her suitors. Determined to spend her life serving god, she sets off to a convent...

Adaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa.

A family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy.

A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute motorcycle engineer.

Tozai Electric president Minamoto (Yanagi) is about to be pursued by the public prosecutor's office and tries to bribe Manabe (Saburi), the man in...