Chieko Higashiyama Movies

Adaptation of the Shôji Yuki novel.

During the Warring States era of early 17th century Japan, teenage princess Sen is besieged with other members of her family in Osaka Castle, by a...

When the future of his construction company falls into danger, a controlling father pushes his children into unsatisfying marriages and careers in...

A student at a woman's university takes a controversial action against the school's old-fashioned doctrines.

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

A village struggles to survive when the nearby lake becomes barren of fish.

The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’...

At a coastal hot spring inn, a group of women navigate work, personal struggles, and unexpected scandals. When a guest threatens to expose one maid's...

Kyoko is the third daughter of the Nonomiya family, a very ordinary family. Momoko, the eldest daughter, is married to Ichiro, the president of...

Genji, the illegitimate offspring of a Japanese potentate, goes by the philosophy of "love 'em and leave 'em" as a matter of course. Only when his...

University students Sudo and Mori make money by picking up rich girls in dance clubs and conning them into giving them cash. Mori is the brains of...

Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.

Epic saga of an idealistic land-owning family dealing with militarism, war, social change and economic reform.

A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.

When a wealthy, selfish family decides to take care of an elderly hobo who collapsed near their home, they are beset by visits from his numerous...