Chieko Sōma Movies

1952 Japanese film directed by Kunio Watanabe.

A dispute over the estate of a wealthy family’s patriarch erupts between the son’s widow and her child on one side, and the...

Jida-geki by Santaro Marune.

Oiwa has been searching for the one who killed her father for a long time. She comes to Yedo and sees a man named Naosuke. The film is based on the...

The second installment in the crime reporter series, this is a full-fledged crime reporter film depicting a scoop battle among crime reporters...

A bold and cheerful tale that broke new ground in the historical drama genre.

Adaptation of a novel by Yojiro Ishizaka, originally released in two parts.

The protagonist descends from the mountains with a huge amount of panned gold dust. Upon learning of his wealth, all sorts of people, driven by greed...

1948 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

Love stories of four sisters from a small restaurant in Asakusa.

In Ginza Hachō, where violence and lust swirl, sparks fly from iron fists and passion against a backdrop of song and dance.

1945 Japanese movie

Adaptation of the original story by Hida Yoshiro, whose depiction of the world of the yakuza is unparalleled. Gisuke, a weather-beaten yakuza with...

20th film adaptation of the novel Ono ga tsumi (published 1900-1901).

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Wakai omawari-san" by Shiro Sone.