Chieko Higashiyama Movies

Japanese mystery thriller.

1947 Toho film directed by Tadashi Imai

A village struggles to survive when the nearby lake becomes barren of fish.

A young lord joins gang of Robin-esque robbers.

1958 Japanese movie

A matchmaker looks to unite a young woman from a wealthy Tokyo family with the humble owner of an auto garage.

1963 Japanese movie

Motoko Fujikawa works in the Seisen Church as an assistant to pastor Maki Inokichi. Motoko falls in love with Inokichi's virtuous character and...

A young student falls for an invalid girl, whom he can only see from afar.

In a certain port town, there is a group of young men called the Wakakusa-kai. The chairman Oda (Miki), member Ichiro Sonoda (Ishihama), his sister...

A survivor of the tragic mass suicides on Tokashiki Island in 1945 falls in love with a near-mute motorcycle engineer.

As an orphan, Yamauchi Fumiko was taken in by the politician Kawabe Sotaro and raised by him. Perhaps because of their similar circumstances, she...

A tale of a wasted youth and romantic conflict.

This film stars Tanaka Kinuyo as the mother of the heir to the Hosho name, a famous lineage of Noh actors. The heir, Hosho Yagoro, is played by...

A youth film set in a high school.

A film about the Ghost of Okiku that's based on the kabuki play Bancho Sarayashiki.

The long-awaited haymaking season has arrived on the island of Honshu. Work is in full swing in the fields, with young and old alike toiling away....