Movies: Chōchō Miyako

The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, pro...

A thief, a murderer, and a charming lady-killer, Iwao Enokizu is on the run from the police....

A greedy, materialistic family attempts to cover-up the embezzlement committed by the son while keeping their other schemes active. They discover there are other, equally conniving players involved....

Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady, Haru, and her family. From time to time, Haru shares her bed with Subu, though she believes her dead ...

The feud between two rival delivery companies, Kibamasa and Okiyama, heats up as the head of Kibamasa falls ill....

Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man who owes a debt to a yakuza boss. Moments later, his sister Osode arrives with the money she earned (prostituting herself) to pay his debts. The bosses true motives are revealed and he attempts to steal Osode ev...

Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him....

A young thug wanna-be yakuza falls in love with a country girl....

Young Wakana is the daughter of a husband and wife comedy act, who have worked together for 20 years without any big success. Wakana’s parents quarrel constantly, and her mother often threatens to leave. When one day her father disappears, Wakana set...

Yuko is sent to the coastal regions to be raised away from the rest of her sophisticated family where she finds out from her ill grandmother that she is not who she thought she was....

A drama from director Masaharu Segawa....

A good set-in-per-WW2 ninkyô type film with outstanding performances....

A five year old boy leaves his mother and grandparents to see his father who has gone to work in Osaka....

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just escaped a retirement home and the other was looking for an escape from her son and daughter-in-law. ...

After a quarrel with his mother, Torajiro sets off to find a bride....

An entertaining historical drama featuring popular comedians from the Kansai region of the time, such as Makoto Fujita, Minoru Shiraki, and Gannosuke Ashiya. Raizo Ichikawa as the famous yakuza boss Jirocho....

Futari dake no toride...

A comedy about Hikoichi, a mediocre train conductor who falls in love with a beautiful widow Sayuri....

A drama by director Masaharu Segawa....

Based on a story by Akiyuki Nosaka....