Chikage Awashima Movies

  • 1959
    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

    8.11959HD

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

    The Human Condition I: No Greater Love
  • 1952
    The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice

    The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice

    The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice

    7.5481952HD

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

    The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice
  • 1951
    Early Summer

    Early Summer

    Early Summer

    7.81951HD

    A 28-year-old single woman is pressured to marry.

    Early Summer
  • 1956
    Early Spring

    Early Spring

    Early Spring

    7.5131956HD

    A young Tokyo salary man and his wife struggle within the confines of their passionless relationship while he has an extramarital affair.

    Early Spring
  • 1994
    The Friends

    The Friends

    The Friends

    7.31994HD

    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...

    The Friends
  • 1986
    Metamorphosis

    Metamorphosis

    Metamorphosis

    5.21986HD

    A sensuous movie based on a literary work. Hitomi Kuroki stars as the film’s heroine.

    Metamorphosis
  • 1953
    Always in My Heart

    Always in My Heart

    Always in My Heart

    6.81953HD

    Machiko Ujiie and Haruki Atomiya first meet and fall in love on Ginza’s Sukiyabashi Bridge during the Great Tokyo Air Raid in March 1945....

    Always in My Heart
  • 1952
    Carmen's Innocent Love

    Carmen's Innocent Love

    Carmen's Innocent Love

    5.81952HD

    Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politician.

    Carmen's Innocent Love
  • 2010
    Haru's Journey

    Haru's Journey

    Haru's Journey

    6.52010HD

    Stuck in a fishing village in Hokkaido, Tadao's grand-daughter Haru is desperate to visit Tokyo, a trip Tadao is reluctant to make.

    Haru's Journey
  • 1958
    Summer Clouds

    Summer Clouds

    Summer Clouds

    7.51958HD

    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...

    Summer Clouds
  • 1962
    Four Sisters

    Four Sisters

    Four Sisters

    61962HD

    A story about the lives of four sisters and their manipulative mother who must come to terms with each of their decisions in life.

    Four Sisters
  • 1956
    Bridge of Japan

    Bridge of Japan

    Bridge of Japan

    7.31956HD

    Ichikawa's 1956 adaptation of Nihonbashi was the first to take the work of Kyoka Izumi— until then regarded as a writer of common tragic...

    Bridge of Japan
  • 1952
    武蔵と小次郎

    武蔵と小次郎

    武蔵と小次郎

    01952HD

    As the reputation of Sasaki Kojiro, who traveled through various provinces with his long sword seeking duels, began to spread, he was summoned by...

    武蔵と小次郎
  • 1959
    Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

    Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

    Utamaro, Painter of the Woman

    01959HD

    Kitagawa Utamaro is a famous ukiyo-e artist known for his paintings of beautiful women. The courtesan who became his model became even more popular....

    Utamaro, Painter of the Woman
  • 1983
    Children of Nagasaki

    Children of Nagasaki

    Children of Nagasaki

    6.21983HD

    August 9, 1945. An atomic bomb drops on Urakami, Nagasaki at 11:02am. The story of Dr. Nagai and his family.

    Children of Nagasaki
  • 1962
    喜劇 駅前飯店

    喜劇 駅前飯店

    喜劇 駅前飯店

    01962HD

    The fifth "Ekimae" film set in Yokohama's Chinatown.

    喜劇 駅前飯店
  • 1955
    The Mask and Destiny

    The Mask and Destiny

    The Mask and Destiny

    01955HD

    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 Mask and Destiny
  • 1961
    Kigeki ekimae bentô

    Kigeki ekimae bentô

    Kigeki ekimae bentô

    01961HD

    Third film in the "Ekimae" series set in Hamamatsu. A widow named Keiko and her brother Jiro run the bento shop, "Goraku." One day, Keiko asks for...

    Kigeki ekimae bentô
  • 1955
    八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線

    八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線

    八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線

    01955HD

    Hatamoto Ooka Gentaro was deeply committed to a future with a beautiful girl named Omachi, a relationship facilitated by his love of the shamisen....

    八州遊侠伝 白鷺三味線
  • 1953
    Hana no shôgai

    Hana no shôgai

    Hana no shôgai

    01953HD

    In 1842, in the Umemoku Mansion within Hikone Castle, Naosuke Ii, despite the tumultuous times, was engrossed in the world of tea ceremony. His...

    Hana no shôgai