Chieko Naniwa Movies

An Ishiro Honda film.

A struggling salesman at World Electric finds his major deal blocked by internal politics and pressure from all sides. During a company trip to...

Performing every night for an audience of male admirers, cabaret singer Yuri captures the attention of Yoshio Tsugawa, a motorcycle salesman who...

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

When Yumiko Tsuyama, a potter by profession, comes inquiring about a room for rent in an old mansion overlooking Osaka, she finds a bizarre...

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-San comic strip. The first entry in the series shot in TohoScope.

At an Osaka electronics company, power struggles, corporate schemes, and personal agendas collide when the boss is away. As tensions rise around a...

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

AKA Family of Women. A story about a wealthy family and the greed and selfishness of three daughters and relatives, after the passing of their old...

A wandering vagrant, Hantaro, risks his life to save a beautiful blind girl and her father from con artists.

Japanese comedy film.

Sixth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

Natsuko’s daughter Saori is born blind in 1941, just before her father is drafted. Despite an attempted surgery and years of struggle, her...

Japanese comedy film.

Based on the novel by Shofu Muramatsu, the film is dedicated to the actors of the renowned Japanese Kabuki theatre. Set in Japan in 1885, the story...

A broke romantic and a practical young woman are pulled apart by money, matchmaking, and meddling families — only to find their way back to...

1962 Japanese movie