Kakuko Chino Movies

A hobo exposes the misdeeds of a new yakuza.

In this Japanese drama, a dry goods merchant's daughter is surprised to discover that she has a twin sister. In rural Japan it was thought that twins...

Yoshida's first feature follows the lives of young students against a background of jazz, emptiness and boredom. The plot is fairly simple: a...

1961 Japanese movie

Contemporary comedy.

A young woman is attacked by a serial rapist and murderer whom her detective father is investigating. Though she survives, the impact of the event...

Just after WW2, a romance between an innkeeper and a man with tuberculosis unravels near a thermal spring.

A drama centered on women, adapted from the novel of the same name by Ineko Sata.

This movie is based on an immortal literary work "The Snow Country," a story about a life of geisha Komako who lives in a region with heavy snowfalls.

The lives of a teenager, his impoverished family, a wealthy young woman who buys a pigeon from him, and his caring teacher converge and consequently...

Shimizu Jirocho, the president, manages two businesses: Izumo Kanko-sha and the group inn "Daikokuya." There is a system where customers from Izumo...

A promising dancer asks her professor to write a libretto for a Nō play. He then introduces her to a student of classical literature, but also a...

Minami Yoichiro is a gang member who has killed the boss of opponent clan. Before leaving Japan forever, he visits his sister's grave and becomes...

A melodrama based on a hit song by Yoshio Tabata. Set on Kikaijima Island, the story depicts the love between a simple-hearted island girl and a...

A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the...

1962 Japanese movie

Komichi (Chieko Baisho), a maiko in Gion, reunites with her elementary school classmate Takao Segawa (Yukio Hashi) for the first time in eight years,...

A song drama based on the autobiographical song "The sun is laughing" by composer Endo Minoru. It tells the story of a young man who moves to Tokyo...

A young woman (Dan) who worked as a prostitute in the days following World War II finds herself sexually dissatisfied with her husband and...

After finishing the course of junior high school, Kazuo comes up to Tokyo, leaving his mother alone in the unproductive northern district. He finds a...