Chieko Murata Movies

Based on the famous novel by Junichiro Tanizaki, this is a story of the four sisters of the ancient and reputable Makioka family of Osaka.

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

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

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...

Sachiko's beloved sister Nobuko was supposed to go to Tohoku when she suddenly dies in a car accident in Hamamatsu. Sachiko begins to trace her...

Family of Love

A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

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...

It is 1921 and a town has a newspaper which prints urgent bulletins as required. The Washington-based CITES treaty, in which Japan participates, puts...

1938 Theater of Life adaptation.

Reiko Minagawa leaves her home in Okayama to avoid an arranged marriage she doesn't want. Upon arriving in Tokyo, she calls Akira Isomura, a college...

Adaptation of the novel by Masao Kume.

Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob.

When Shinsuke returns to Kyushu from the Russo-Japanese War he finds his Judo school hall neglected and in decay. His Judo teacher has died and his...

1962 Japanese movie

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...