Chieko Murata Movies

1938 Theater of Life adaptation.

A beautiful older sister and her younger brother, both designers who paint the dreams of young hope, are paired with an innocent young artist and the...

Ayako Wakao portrays a downtown rice ball shop girl whose heart is set on her business. Involved in her life are three young men—stage actor...

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...

Adaptation of the novel by Masao Kume.

Japanese comedy film.

A woman has to give up her dream of becoming an actress when her family goes into debt, but she catches the eye of a businessman while working at a...

Obscure Masumura film shot in 1961.

Based on the original work of Akutagawa Prize-winning writer Ashihei Hino, the film depicts the love of the proud geisha Nobukichi Hakata in the...

Machiko falls in love with a mysterious man, but her family wants something different for her.

A 1959 film directed by Hiromu Edagawa.

An exciting film about thugs, in which murders and drugs, justice and resentment explode in the dark city of Tokyo with the help of guns and violence.

Japanese comedy directed by Noriaki Yuasa.

Features a haunted well with yet another blind masseur's vengeful ghost.

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