Chieko Murata Movies

Ayako Wakao portrays a downtown rice ball shop girl whose heart is set on her business. Involved in her life are three young men—stage actor...

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

It is 1921 and a town has a newspaper which prints urgent bulletins as required. The Washington-based CITES treaty, in which Japan participates, puts...

Adaptation of the novel by Masao Kume.

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...

A comic thriller directed by Tokuzo Tanaka, a first-time newcomer, based on a screenplay by Toshio Tamikado, who co-wrote "Nukiashisashi Ashi...

The innocent devotion of a woman eagerly awaiting her lover’s return from the war touches people’s hearts.

Obscure Masumura film shot in 1961.

Black Snow tells the tale of a disturbed young man who, after spying on his mother with a black serviceman, finds himself unable to attain sexual...

A story full of youthful vigor and spirit as high school students try to work out their problems, realize the awakening of love and growing maturity...

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

Japanese comedy film.

1945 Japanese movie

A 1959 film directed by Hiromu Edagawa.

A woman has to give up her dream of becoming an actress when her family goes into debt, but she catches the eye of a businessman while working at a...

Yano Reiko is a part-time student. After being introduced by a well-known classmate, she becomes the tutor for Mariko, the second daughter of the...

1962 Japanese movie