Chieko Naniwa Movies

Japanese drama film.

Experienced shipyard worker Shimazaki gets an offer of free lodging from his employer in the company seaside rest house if he agrees to see to its...

The movie depicts the strength and resilience of a woman who spent her entire life as a merchant in Semba, Osaka.

During the ultra-violent era of the downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate one man rose above the rest with his ideas of how to overthrow the corrupt...

1962 Japanese movie

In postwar Osaka’s bustling textile district, a tough and highly rational moneylender named Katsumi builds a successful lending business in a...

Jidaigeki by Tai Kato

An Ishiro Honda film.

Set in post-WWII Osaka, a young woman trapped working in a sordid lodging house run by her abusive stepfather falls for a visiting criminal in hopes...

After a transfer to a rural factory, salesman Hideyoshi faces blunders, schemers, and rivalries but proves his integrity, winning respect and a...

A wandering vagrant, Hantaro, risks his life to save a beautiful blind girl and her father from con artists.

At Kaikō Girls’ School, a fake love letter sparks a heated PTA debate. Teacher Shimazaki wins the vote, while students and staff navigate...

Japanese comedy film.

Eiichiro, a talented young salesman, grows disillusioned with office politics and returns to his family’s traditional tofu business, applying...

A home drama about a mother and her three daughters, based on the novel by Fumiko Hayashi.