Chikage Awashima Movies

An entertainment film set in a movie studio, featuring songs and hidden talents performed by male and female stars.

A human drama about the bond between parents and a child and family love. The daughter leaves her foster parents and ends up with her mother in...

Comedy based on the writings of Ango Sakaguchi.

The 17th "Ekimae" feature.

Follow-up to "Ekimae Ryokan." Set around the Yurigaoka and Nishi-Ikuta stations on the Odakyu-Odawara line, the film takes up the problem of real...

The fifth "Ekimae" film set in a Chinese restaurant in Yokohama's Chinatown.

Inochi uruwashi

Penultimate 23rd "Ekimae" comedy is about oil-field exploration.

#13 in the Ekimae series of films. Set at Todai University, Professor Sakai (played by Frankie Sakai) mentors a group of university hopefuls. Cut to...

August 9, 1945. An atomic bomb drops on Urakami, Nagasaki at 11:02am. The story of Dr. Nagai and his family.

The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an uneducated zori sandal maker, becomes a professional...

Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular....

Ammo scavengers make a living gathering the unexploded bombs and shell casings from the U.S. military training grounds. One of them, Zen, is their...

1953 Japanese movie

1962 Japanese movie

The 21st film in the Ekimae series, commemorating the 35th anniversary of Toho. The film is a loose remake of the first film in the series, Ekimae...