Chieko Sōma Movies

The protagonist descends from the mountains with a huge amount of panned gold dust. Upon learning of his wealth, all sorts of people, driven by greed...

A national policy film advocating for increased production of aluminum for use in aircraft materials.

1952 Japanese film directed by Kunio Watanabe.

A film adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya’s popular novel.

Oiwa has been searching for the one who killed her father for a long time. She comes to Yedo and sees a man named Naosuke. The film is based on the...

In Ginza Hachō, where violence and lust swirl, sparks fly from iron fists and passion against a backdrop of song and dance.

After graduating from detective school, Achao and Entaro received their certificates and launched a private detective agency. One night, while...

20th film adaptation of the novel Ono ga tsumi (published 1900-1901).

A bold and cheerful tale that broke new ground in the historical drama genre.

1945 Japanese movie

A dispute over the estate of a wealthy family’s patriarch erupts between the son’s widow and her child on one side, and the...

A tale of melancholy centered on a couple of engineers at a power plant in the north and a pure romance with a female engineer.

1948 Japanese movie

Set in the Edo-era, a smuggling vessel runs into conflict between the Matsumae clan and the Ainu in Hokkaido.

Adaptation of the original story by Hida Yoshiro, whose depiction of the world of the yakuza is unparalleled. Gisuke, a weather-beaten yakuza with...

The story centers on the fierce competition among newspaper reporters stationed at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department as they race to break...