Chōko Iida Movies

Japanese silent film from 1926. (Obo-chan meaning "Young Master.") Written by Ayame Mizushima, the first female screenwriter in Japan.

1926 silent film directed by Heinosuke Gosho.

Early Japanese silent film directed by Heinosuke Gosho.

Japanese silent film from 1928.

Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her budding vocation as a poet. The beginning of her...

Love stories of four sisters from a small restaurant in Asakusa.

A melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is apparently the first adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's The...

Japanese film from 1929.

Poor social conditions badly affect the relationship between a married couple, when the husband, who is desperately searching for work, fails to...

The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.

Doctor Sanada treats gangster Matsunaga after he is wounded in a gunfight, and discovers that he is suffering from tuberculosis. Sanada tries to...

A clothing manufacturer president tries to revitalize his company during a business downturn by securing new sales partners and chasing a deal with a...

Japanese adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's play "Marius", set in early XXth century Japan.

A straight-laced employee is tasked with supervising his impulsive CEO during a business trip intended to revive struggling sales.

When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs.

After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to...

The story of a sailor who begins a love affair with a woman he saves from suicide.

Japanese silent film from 1929.