Chieko Murata Movies

Kanji is a poor peasant widower who struggles to earn a living for his daughter and himself and to pay off his father-in-law's debts.

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Eriko" by Yukio Hashi.

Follows the murder of a money-lending masseur by an impoverished samurai. The slain masseur's daughter will also fall victim to his curse, so that...

A bright and cheerful story about a young girl who comes to Tokyo from the countryside, relying on her aunt to become a maid, and willingly aspires...

Michiko Asakura was married to the eldest son of the Sakuma family, an unsealed family in Shinshu, but died from her husband and returned to her...

1962 Japanese movie

Daisuke Hamamura (Hiroshi Inuzuka), a driving instructor, is rather unremarkable and doesn't attract the attention of the women around him; the only...

Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.

A story full of youthful vigor and spirit as high school students try to work out their problems, realize the awakening of love and growing maturity...

The film is set during the days of the scarcity of food after World War II, during which five men ate an elephant that died in a zoo. The elephant's...

The innocent devotion of a woman eagerly awaiting her lover’s return from the war touches people’s hearts.

1945 Japanese movie

Family of Love

A comic thriller directed by Tokuzo Tanaka, a first-time newcomer, based on a screenplay by Toshio Tamikado, who co-wrote "Nukiashisashi Ashi...