Chōko Iida — Actor (28)
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Stepbrothers (1957) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
異母兄弟
director: Miyoji Ieki actor: Kinuyo Tanaka / Rentaro Mikuni …
other title: 異母兄弟 / Les Demi-frères …
In a military family, an illegitimate son is brutalized by his brothers. A patriarchal, feudalistic household where dissent is forbidden is used to reveal the whole imperialist system that afflicted Japan between 1921 and 1946.
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Nippon no obaachan (1962) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
喜劇 にっぽんのお婆あちゃん
director: Tadashi Imai actor: Chōchō Miyako / Tanie Kitabayashi …
other title: 喜劇 にっぽんのお婆あちゃん
Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just escaped a retirement home and the other was looking for an escape from her son and daughter-in-law. With nowhere to go, the two wander around, befriending a cosmetics salesman and a kind waitress who give them beer. This biting social satire starring two memorable grandmothers, scripted by Yôko Mizuki, picked up on Japan’s aging population problem far ahead of its time.
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The Dancing Girl of Izu (1933) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
恋の花咲く 伊豆の踊子
director: Heinosuke Gosho actor: Kinuyo Tanaka / Den Obinata …
other title: 恋の花咲く 伊豆の踊子
"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets there, including their youngest girl. The student finds the naïve girl attractive even though he eventually has to part with the family after spending memorable time together.
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Detective Duel (1958) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
ひばりの花形探偵合戦
director: Yasushi Sasaki actor: Hibari Misora / Ken Takakura …
other title: ひばりの花形探偵合戦
A friendly rivalry turns into romance for Yukiko, an elite female detective, and a handsome private eye named Mitamura while both are investigating the missing person's case from a wealthy family.
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College Champ (1962) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
日本一の若大将
director: Jun Fukuda actor: Yūzō Kayama / Yuriko Hoshi …
other title: 日本一の若大将 / Nihon ichi no wakadaishô
Yuuichi Tanuma, our young hero, is a senior at Kyonan University and captain of the marathon team. His parents run a sukiyaki restaurant back in his hometown. When his allowance stops coming in, Yuuichi moves back in with his folks to work part-time. He has his eyes set on nationals in the fall, until one day he runs into a young woman who's fallen into trouble with the Lightning Gang...
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Summer Clouds (1958) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
鰯雲
director: Mikio Naruse actor: Chikage Awashima / Yōko Tsukasa …
other title: Nuvole estive / Nuages d'été …
A war widow with a young boy manages a farm with her bossy mother-in-law. When a reporter comes to interview her, the two begin an affair. He turns out to be married and won't leave his wife. Her older brother tries to marry off his children and hang on to/ extend his farm through an advantageous marriage in the face of threatened land confiscation and the desire of his children to get comfortable urban jobs instead of the backbreaking work in the paddy fields under parental control.