Chieko Murata Movies

An exciting film about thugs, in which murders and drugs, justice and resentment explode in the dark city of Tokyo with the help of guns and violence.

A woman struggles to raise her young son on her own in postwar Japan, finding companionship with a kind laborer while still hoping for the return of...

Japanese comedy directed by Noriaki Yuasa.

Adaptation of the novel by Masao Kume.

Kanji is a poor peasant widower who struggles to earn a living for his daughter and himself and to pay off his father-in-law's debts.

The golden duo of Yukio Hashi and Chieko Baisho. A film rich in a variety of songs, dances and falling in love to the rhythm of Yukio Hashi's song of...

The vassals of the Asano clan, who surrendered the castle & became wanderers, deceive the enemy and the public, wait for an opportunity to avenge...

Suzunosuke faces perhaps his wildest foes. This evil gang is lead by a one-eyed birdman and other demonic creatures.

1962 Japanese movie

Life and love in corrupt postwar Tokyo, as a young couple struggles against both the law and the mob.

Obscure Masumura film shot in 1961.

The film is set during the days of the scarcity of food after World War II, during which five men ate an elephant that died in a zoo. The elephant's...

Features a haunted well with yet another blind masseur's vengeful ghost.

Japanese comedy film.

Asako works in a hostel for troubled young women. When a beautiful young girl is brought in one day after committing theft, Asako finds out from the...

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