Chieko Seki Movies

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

Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi

Isshin Tasuke, a friend of Ōkubo Hikozōemon, the esteemed public arbitrator of the realm, saved the maid Onatsu from punishment after she...

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...

A man driven mad amid the ravages of war, a woman who never found true love, and an innocent young man—all drawn once again to the military...

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

Tomoraka Tasaka's first postwar work.

1957 Japanese movie

The sincere, selfless love of a foolish mother for her daughter set against the backdrop of the circus.

In postwar Japan, a new teacher, Miyamoto Yasuko, is discovered by her estranged daughter, Fukuoka Shōko, at a high school. As Yasuko confronts...

1958 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume's novel.

The film centers a compassionate teacher (Setsuko Hara) who teaches at a Tokyo grade school where students curse and gamble. The school has a pond...

A silk mill worker living through a dark and twisted youth… What is chastity? A powerful work that speaks to society through the anguished...

Comedy about the trials and tribulations of youth.

Japanese comedy film.

Japanese romantic comedy film.

Japanese comedy film.