Chikage Awashima Movies

1953 Japanese movie

Penultimate 23rd "Ekimae" comedy is about oil-field exploration.

Ammo scavengers make a living gathering the unexploded bombs and shell casings from the U.S. military training grounds. One of them, Zen, is their...

The film adaptation of Yuzo Yamamoto's novel tells the story of the difficult fate of a single mother in pre-war Japan.

Based on the novel "Ekimae Ryokan" by Masuji Ibuse, a longtime hotel employee struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar...

Ensemble comedy.

The 10th "Ekimae" feature.

Inochi uruwashi

A private detective chases a female pickpocket into a film studio and dashes through the sets. With special appearances by a star-studded cast.

The 18th "Ekimae" feature.

A human drama about the bond between parents and a child and family love. The daughter leaves her foster parents and ends up with her mother in...

Set in the postwar turmoil, Akasaka no shimai paints a vivit portrait of the life of three sisters who struggle to live in Tokyo.

Based on the novel by Shofu Muramatsu, the film is dedicated to the actors of the renowned Japanese Kabuki theatre. Set in Japan in 1885, the story...

Fourth entry in the Ekimae series, focusing on the restoration of a Fukushima hot spring inn.

Sixth entry in the Ekimae series, loosely based on the folktale of the tanuki and the tea kettle.

The film takes place at the junction of the two eras of Meiji and Taisho. Sakata Sankichi, an uneducated zori sandal maker, becomes a professional...

Action and adventure abound in this story of friendship between two rival firefighters, Kichigoro and Jirokichi in old Japan. When Mukai Sadayu, the...