Chieko Higashiyama Movies

1947 Toho film directed by Tadashi Imai

In the year 1786, Shogun Ieharu Tokugawa selected beautiful Ochisa to be his concubine. It causes other concubines to become very jealous and mean....

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

Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.

A dynamic woman who aspires to be a writer, living a wild life in constant search of freedom while indulging in lust with four men.

Adaptation of the Shôji Yuki novel.

The sweet but naive denizens of a charming port town are hoodwinked by a couple of con men at the outset of World War II. But the hustlers’...

1963 Japanese movie

1958 Japanese movie

This film stars Tanaka Kinuyo as the mother of the heir to the Hosho name, a famous lineage of Noh actors. The heir, Hosho Yagoro, is played by...

A village struggles to survive when the nearby lake becomes barren of fish.

One of many adaptations of "Onna no isshō", this time by Yasuzo Masumura as a starring vehicle for famed actress Machiko Kyo.

First japanese talking movie.