Chikage Awashima Movies

Sixth entry in the Ekimae series, loosely based on the folktale of the tanuki and the tea kettle.

Otami and daughter Yuri run the Matsuoka, a 150-year-old Japanese-style inn in Tokyo which they plan to renovate into a modern hotel before the...

As the reputation of Sasaki Kojiro, who traveled through various provinces with his long sword seeking duels, began to spread, he was summoned by...

Comedy based on the writings of Ango Sakaguchi.

1961 film based on Chiyoko Matsuo's bestseller.

Action and adventure abound in this story of friendship between two rival firefighters, Kichigoro and Jirokichi in old Japan. When Mukai Sadayu, the...

Three wives launch a sex strike to put their domineering husbands in their place!

1962 Japanese movie

Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic...

1962 Japanese movie

Eighth in the Ekimae series, portraying competition between two hot spring resort owners in Yamanashi.