Chieko Seki
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1930-02-08
Locus Natus: Tokyo, Japan
Et ut:
Pfc. Story - Behind the Enemy Lines
First "Pfc. Story" sequel and eighth overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
release : 1960.04.01popularis : 1.723
Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi
The film centers a compassionate teacher (Setsuko Hara) who teaches at a Tokyo grade school where students curse and gamble. The school has a pond...
release : 1950.01.29popularis : 1.178
Love's Cheerleader
Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals
release : 1952.06.19popularis : 0.867
Girls of the Night
In the late 1950's prostitution was banned in Japan and if a woman was found exercising this profession they were sent to a reformatory. This is the...
release : 1961.09.04popularis : 5.862
Who Knows a Woman's Heart
Ikeuchi was captain of the K - University ice hockey team. The daughter Shikotsuko of Ginza 's western restaurant "Piccolo" was also a female student...
release : 1951.12.21popularis : 1.52
When a Woman Loves
Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.
release : 1959.09.24popularis : 1.547
Fighting Yasubei
Yasube Nakayama left the clan and lives in Edo. One day, Yasubei visits his uncle Rokuroemon Kanno to borrow money from a moneylender in the amount...
release : 1952.07.30popularis : 0.847
大江戸出世双六
Isshin Tasuke, a friend of Ōkubo Hikozōemon, the esteemed public arbitrator of the realm, saved the maid Onatsu from punishment after she...
release : 1955.12.28popularis : 2.62
Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin
One night in Edo, a mysterious woman in a palanquin appeared at the moneylender Yamashiroya, revealing herself to a beautiful woman. She told the...
release : 1956.06.01popularis : 2.63
その手にのるな
A woman in a bar was killed at a new construction site in an apartment building, and a handbag containing the value of five million yen was taken...
release : 1958.02.16popularis : 2.094
The Thin Line
Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead....
release : 1966.02.12popularis : 6.035
Private Second Class
First film in a series of military-themed comedies from Shochiku.
release : 1955.11.15popularis : 1.437
Where Chimneys Are Seen
Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial...
release : 1953.03.05popularis : 2.21
Botchan
1958 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume's novel.
release : 1958.06.14popularis : 1.625
Diary of a Nurse
Ren Yoshimura directed this Daiei melodrama that was based on the novel entitled "Pandora's Box" by Dazai Osamu.
release : 1947.07.01popularis : 1.259
Love Letter
A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.
release : 1953.12.13popularis : 2.76
Story of Second Class Private, Sequel
First sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
release : 1956.03.18popularis : 0.758
続二等兵物語 決戦体制の巻
Third sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
release : 1957.03.26popularis : 0.71
Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
Fifth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
release : 1958.12.28popularis : 1.309
Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki
Sixth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
release : 1959.04.19popularis : 2.967
Pfc. Story - The Divine Tempest
First installment of the "Pfc. Story" series of military-themed comedies from Shochiku, and seventh overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
release : 1959.10.09popularis : 1.552
続二等兵物語 南方孤島の巻
Second sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
release : 1956.07.13popularis : 0.893
The Other Woman
In "The Other Woman" the children of a distinguished professor find that the woman they have come to regard as their racy and slightly disreputable...
release : 1961.05.30popularis : 2.471
Nonki saiban
A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of...
release : 1955.04.24popularis : 4.186
Street of Violence
An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.
release : 1950.02.26popularis : 1.303
Claws of Iron
During the war a man is bitten by a creature which looks like a cross between a bear and an ape in the jungle. Later he starts to transform to a...
release : 1951.02.24popularis : 1.659
Donto ikōze
Comedy about the trials and tribulations of youth.
release : 1959.06.08popularis : 0.733
The Strangers Upstairs
After moving in to their dream home, newlyweds decide to rent out their second floor to save money. They soon discover the woe of being landlords.
release : 1961.12.15popularis : 0.609
An Impudent Man
Naomasa, the former lord of Okayama Castle and the head of the Iseda family, takes a strange boy, Kirihito, under his wing. However, Naomasa is sent...
release : 1964.01.15popularis : 2.701
Obon, The Moll Dipper
Modern comedy, based on the popular manga.
release : 1961.04.16popularis : 0.917
Nippon no obaachan
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...
release : 1962.01.03popularis : 2.104
Tower of Lilies
A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the...
release : 1953.01.09popularis : 2.023
Women's House
After Shuichiro moved to Tokyo, the Tanno family became completely female, including Mrs. Tanno, Shuichiro's daughter-in-law Manzuko, painter...
release : 1954.11.23popularis : 1.254