Chieko Naniwa Movies

Jidaigeki by Tai Kato

A young, feisty woman named Osome searches for her true love in the midst of a family crisis.

During the Genroku era, Azusa Gennosuke, renowned in Nara as a top swordsman and a scholar, crossed swords with the Magistrate Kurobane Yatayu, who...

1962 Japanese movie

The phantom thief, known as the "Actor Kid", who was creating a stir in the Daimyo's mansion, especially in the inner chambers, was called Inaba...

The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, discovering that she is about to be purchased by a client, steals money from...

1955 Japanese movie

Period romantic drama.

A man’s wife dies in a swamp. Her ghost returns to haunt him.

A young son of a master of the Kuwana clan gets disowned for his rebellious behavior. After he goes from the mountains to the ocean defeating the...

Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.

An Ishiro Honda film.

The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.

Ayako Wakao won the Blue Ribbon and the Kinema Jumpo for this film.

A comedy of a high-spirited geisha, Koharu, who is at risk of being trapped in a conspiracy to take over a lucrative diamond mine business.

A woman loses her son through an evil conspiracy and commits suicide. Shortly afterwards a ghost cat begins haunting the conspirators. This is...

During the latter part of the 16th Century, Japan's Warring States era was coming to a close. After crushing almost all of his enemies, Date Masamune...

1961 Japanese movie

Sixth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

Japanese comedy film.