Chieko Naniwa Movies

A girl rebels against her mother, who runs a brothel in Yokohama, and attempts to find freedom on her own.

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

A poor peasant, after years of scraping, becomes a rich and powerful Osaka merchant. Mizoguchi Kenji's final project; he died before completing it...

Japanese comedy film.

1962 Japanese movie

The Lord of Okazaki is killed by his brother-in-law. Although the Lord's widow bears a child, she is also killed. Then, a ghost cat begins stalking...

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...

Young geisha Kohana scrambles to realize her dream of bringing back her grandmother’s restaurant business.

Based on the novel by Toyoko Yamazaki.

A foot soldier from Tottori domain named Shirai Gonpachi showcased exceptional swordsmanship that even surpassed the domain's champion Honjo...

Shozo is plagued by the needs of his ex-wife and his current one, but prefers the company of his cat.

An adaptation of the popular Sazae-san comic strip

Period piece about a young man who, because of his hard life alone in the world, has become a yakuza. When he hears that his mother may be living in...

An Ishiro Honda film.

During the Genroku era, Azusa Gennosuke, renowned in Nara as a top swordsman and a scholar, crossed swords with the Magistrate Kurobane Yatayu, who...

The story of a couple, a spoiled son and a down-to-earth girl, in Osaka in the early Showa era. The film won the prestigious Blue Ribbon awards for...

The film takes place in a dark area of the giant city of Osaka and tells about a group of people who find themselves at the bottom of society, and...