Chikage Awashima Movies

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labour chief at a large mining operation in...

Shuzenji Monogatari (The Mask and Destiny) is based on a 12th-century Japanese legend. An abortive royal romance leads to an escalating series of...

The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.

A young salaryman and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he embarks on an extramarital affair.

A delightful and moving coming-of-age story. One summer, three young boys take an increasing interest in an eccentric old man who lives alone in a...

An entertainment film set in a movie studio, featuring songs and hidden talents performed by male and female stars.

In postwar Tokyo, Noriko lives with her extended family. Although she enjoys her career and her social life, her more traditional family worries...

The 11th "Ekimae" feature.

In the wake of the 1956 Prostitution Prevention Law, a young woman recently released from one of Japan's new rehabilitation centers struggles to...

Set in the midst of the Satsuma Rebellion, this story depicts the sadness of a woman’s heart. Though she hates the Imperial Army captain who...

The 9th "Ekimae" feature.

Sequel to the 1955 movie.

The 18th "Ekimae" feature.

Each one of us lives differently. So, there are many tragedies and comedies in our lives. She feels many conflicts in living her life between truth...

The 16th "Ekimae" feature.

A Japanese film from 1963, Directed by Shirô Toyoda.

Late entry "Ekimae" feature, about the hunt for lost treasure.