Chieko Higashiyama Movies

A village struggles to survive when the nearby lake becomes barren of fish.

Judo movie.

1963 Japanese movie

Yamada Maki, who has a strained relationship with her father and a protective older brother, Katsuyoshi, faces a series of emotional challenges,...

Woman melodrama by Shiro Toyoda

Motoko Fujikawa works in the Seisen Church as an assistant to pastor Maki Inokichi. Motoko falls in love with Inokichi's virtuous character and...

A love triangle among a girl, her poor boyfriend, and a rich company president.

A travelling theater troupe, led by Umagoro Ichikawa, comes to play in a mining town, and manages to sell every seat. Before the play begins,...

Adaptation of the novel by Kan Shimozawa.

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

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...

The Siege of Osaka

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....

First japanese talking movie.

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