Chieko Baisho Movies

1961 film based on Chiyoko Matsuo's bestseller.

Tetsuo Asakura, the son of a bus company president, was planning to take it easy as he neared graduation from college, but due to a series of...

After his company goes bankrupt, Katsuji Watanabe resorts to pickpocketing again with his old swindler buddies. However, one by one, his friends...

Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased son's wife who resides somewhere in Tokyo.

This appears to be a labor of love. Its about a village which is given the opportunity to put on a musical. They would have to pay the overhead and,...

A man who survived the war carries the will of his comrades in arms, walking across the country visiting the bereaved families.

Masaru and Yukiko have been married 44 years. They have three children who live independently from them. Masaru and Yukiko enjoy their peaceful days,...

Chizuru, the beautiful daughter of a Kyoto restaurant owner, feels trapped by the marriage plans her mother has arranged for her. When an older...

1971 Japanese movie

Carrying a bag full of samples, Mitsuo makes rounds to shoe stores in remote cities. While staying at budget hotels, his thoughts turn to Tora-san.

After an argument with his father a son leaves his home and comes back only, as an adult, many years later just to cause them problem after problem.

A popular melodrama starring by Yukio Hashi and Chieko Baisho, which depicts the fateful encounter and farewell of Yukiji, the most reputed beautiful...

Poverty-stricken sisters reach the age when they start attracting marriage proposals. They must decide between marrying for love or money, but their...

Tora-san visits Hokkaido and is reunited with Lily. Now divorced, she plans to resume her singing career and renews her unusual relationship with...

The story of a selfless mother and her family throughout the decades, from the 1920's to the 1960's.

April 1954. 12 year old schoolgirl Sadako thinks her main problem is being unable to pass the baton in relay races. But just as her team starts...

The life in a small village in Shikoku and the love story between two young people.