Chieko Misaki Movies

Based on an autobiographical novel by Toshiko Takagi, set close to the end of World War II

A young chef at a small restaurant in Asakusa, with a past conviction for breaking into a safe, defeats the evil boss and ends up marrying his lover.

1974 Japanese movie

Shigeru is a young man who works as a window cleaner. His older brother Kenzo has just returned from prison and is determined to start life anew. But...

1961 Japanese movie

A true semi-documentary drama depicting a record of a sheriff's challenge to the vivid evil of a sailor who embarked on a single underworld to...

a modest family struck by hardship after a tragic event. The film explores the sacrifices of a brother and sister as they struggle with economic...