A bearded kendo champion has difficulties in life because of his conservative ways and his unusual beard. Read More »
Tag Archives: Chôko Iida
An Inn in Tokyo (1935) Yasujirô Ozu, Takeshi Sakamoto, Yoshiko Okada, Chôko Iida, Drama
Unemployed Kihachi and his two sons struggle to make ends meet. But that doesn’t keep Kihachi from wooing single mother Otaka. Read More »
A Story of Floating Weeds (1934) Yasujirô Ozu, Takeshi Sakamoto, Chôko Iida, Kôji Mitsui, Drama
A troupe of actors comes to town, short on funds and bedeviled by bad weather, so they can’t put on shows. Read More »
Nagaya shinshiroku / Record Of A Tenement Gentleman (1947) Yasujirô Ozu, Chôko Iida, Hôhi Aoki, Eitarô Ozawa, Drama
A young boy follows Tashiro home to his tenement housing complex on the outskirts of Tokyo, the boy who was separated from his carpenter father somehow and somewhere in Kudan. Read More »
Hitori Musuko / Le Fils Unique (1936) Yasujirô Ozu, Chôko Iida, Shin’ichi Himori, Masao Hayama, Comedy, Drama
The film starts in the rural town of Shinshu in 1923. A widow, Tsune (O-Tsune) Nonomiya (Choko Iida), works hard at a silk production factory to provide for her only son, Ryosuke. When Ryosuke’s teacher Okubo (Chishu Ryu) persuades her to let her son continue to study beyond elementary school, she decides to support her son’s education even until college. Her son promises to become a great man…
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