Chieko Seki

Gosho’s most celebrated film both in Japan and the West, Where Chimneys Are Seen is perhaps the most compelling example of his concern for, and insights into, the everyday lives of lower-middle-class people. Based on Rinzo Shiina’s novel of the absurd, the film ...  (more)

After moving in to their dream home, newlyweds decide to rent out their second floor to save money. They soon discover the woe of being landlords.  (more)

A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situation for the girls becomes increasingly desperate as food and shelter run out and the number of injured climbs, ...  (more)

During the war a man is bitten by a creature which looks like a cross between a bear and an ape in the jungle. Later he starts to transform to a monster like creature who kills with his claw like fingers.  (more)

A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.  (more)

In "The Other Woman" the children of a distinguished professor find that the woman they have come to regard as their racy and slightly disreputable Ginza aunt is really their mother.  (more)

Japanese comedy film.  (more)

Modern comedy, based on the popular manga.  (more)

In the late 1950's prostitution was banned in Japan and if a woman was found exercising this profession they were sent to a reformatory. This is a story of one of these brave women Kuniko who is released from the reformatory and tries to build a new life.  (more)

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just escaped a retirement home and the other was looking for an escape from her son and daughter-in-law. With nowhere to ...  (more)

Naomasa, the former lord of Okayama Castle and the head of the Iseda family, takes a strange boy, Kirihito, under his wing. However, Naomasa is sent to Europe for his rather too liberal lifestyle…  (more)

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.  (more)

1950s Japanese comedy.  (more)

Japanese comedy film.  (more)

Japanese comedy film.  (more)

Japanese war drama.  (more)

Japanese comedy film.  (more)

First film in a series of military-themed comedies from Shochiku.  (more)

First sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".  (more)

Second sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".  (more)