Chieko Murata Movies

Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.

A fishing village is terrorized by a giant whale, and the fishermen are determined to kill it.

A sweet and melancholy melodrama set against the backdrop of the beautiful Seto Inland Sea, in which a pair of twin sisters, one a young lady of high...

A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki.

The story of two sisters in post-war Japan. One is a geisha and the other works for the tourist board.

Comedy drama film

A literary masterpiece that sharply critiques the ethics of modern romance, featuring a 48-year-old father who burns through the last of his youth...

A young girl is rigorously trained in the feminine arts so that she can become a geisha. As she struggles through life, she learns to live not just...

A film adaptation of a novel that caused a stir among women for its incisive examination of romantic relationships between men and women.

A passionate singer who’s rough around the edges but has a warm heart; a kind-hearted, impoverished painter who devotes himself wholeheartedly;...

In a small Tohoku town, family tensions rise when a sick mother’s care leads to conflict over a mistress joining the household....

In one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance.

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

Sawakichi carried on his late father’s legacy, devoting himself to training in the art of seduction while searching for the secret scroll, but...

Yukio, a farm boy, and Toru, a fisherboy, live in a small Japanese village that is periodically threatened by a volcano on one side and tidal waves...

The remake of Yoshikawa's novel continues with the second installment in which Takezo, soon to be Miyamoto Musashi, emerges from the Himeji Castle...

1938 Theater of Life adaptation.

A 1937 Japanese language film directed by Tomu Uchida, starring Ryo Akaboshi, Mitsuru Date and Hisao Furutani.