Movies: Chieko Higashiyama

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

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

Utsugi, a seventy-seven-year-old man of refined tastes who is recovering from a stroke, discovers that, while his body is decaying, his libido still rages on -- unwittingly sparked by the gentle, kindly attentions of his daughter-in-law Satsuko, a ch...

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 festival....

Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she is not who she thought she was....

In order to pay back Mrs. Kajiki for her good deed in the past, Hatsu moves from her village in Akita to Tokyo to start working as a maid for her family. She grows close to their youngest son Katsumi, experiencing things that will change her view on ...

Japanese drama....

Adaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa....

Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform....

After surviving the double suicide pact she made with her lover, a woman gives birth to their child....

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

Japanese mystery thriller....

One of many adaptations of "Onna no isshō", this time by Yasuzo Masumura as a starring vehicle for famed actress Machiko Kyo....

A family of Kyoto textile workers struggles after tragedy....

One day a company executive learns that his younger brother, whom he recommended, embezzled company funds. To save the situation he withdraws his life savings and gives money to his younger brother. He then suddenly disappears…...

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

A dynamic woman who aspires to be a writer, living a wild life in constant search of freedom while indulging in lust with four men....

A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage....

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