Chieko Murata Movies

In a rural district of Tokyo, the owner of a farm is abandoned by his two daughters who are attracted to the life of the big city.

Based on the original work of Akutagawa Prize-winning writer Ashihei Hino, the film depicts the love of the proud geisha Nobukichi Hakata in the...

Follows the murder of a money-lending masseur by an impoverished samurai. The slain masseur's daughter will also fall victim to his curse, so that...

1959 adaptation of Junichiro Tanizaki's novel.

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

A Girl isn't Allowed to Love is a 1955 Japanese film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa.

When a nobleman finds a woman to be an obstacle to his growing political influence, he kills her and her cat and has their bodies immured in a wall....

Adaptation of the Yukio Mishima novel.

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...

Adaptation of the novel by Masao Kume.

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

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...

A bright and cheerful story about a young girl who comes to Tokyo from the countryside, relying on her aunt to become a maid, and willingly aspires...

1962 Japanese movie

Machiko falls in love with a mysterious man, but her family wants something different for her.

Yukio, a farm boy, and Toru, a fisherboy, live in a small Japanese village that is periodically threatened by a volcano on one side and tidal waves...

Japanese "kayo" film centered around the song "Eriko" by Yukio Hashi.