Chieko Seki Movies

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

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...

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

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...

First installment of the "Pfc. Story" series of military-themed comedies from Shochiku, and seventh overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

First "Pfc. Story" sequel and eighth overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".

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

Japanese comedy film.

A woman in a bar was killed at a new construction site in an apartment building, and a handbag containing the value of five million yen was taken...

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...

Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead....

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.

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...

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...

1958 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume's novel.

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals