Chieko Naniwa Movies

At Kaikō Girls’ School, a fake love letter sparks a heated PTA debate. Teacher Shimazaki wins the vote, while students and staff navigate misunderstan...

Tragi-comedy about the inhabitants of a remote, mountain-locked village where only the first-born sons are allowed to marry and have children.

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

A comedy set in Ginza that explores the lives of teenagers.

In postwar Osaka’s bustling textile district, a tough and highly rational moneylender named Katsumi builds a successful lending business in a world dr...

In the late afternoon in Kyoto’s Ponto-chō, as Tsuruko, a maiko who had just left Tsurunoya, was crossing a small bridge over the Takase River, a Pack...

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

Sugiko Tsutsui, who works at a small publishing company on the verge of bankruptcy, became engaged four years ago to Tsuneo Oda, a factory worker at a...

Comedy about a dress designer at a big Tokyo department store, and his relationship with three female associates.

After killing a man who owed him neither a debt of gratitude nor a grudge, Tokijiro decides to leave the yakuza life behind in accordance with the cod...

A romance between a female student and a young professor, where friendship, temptation, and jealousy intertwine.