Minoru Chiaki Movies

A touching story following young shamisen string maker, Saku. Beautiful Saku moves to Lake Yogo, known for its production of quality shamisen...

Organized thieves battle against the Shogun’s ruthless ruling in attempt to get back their land.

Fukagawa's chef Ushimatsu of the restaurant Kawatake fell in love with a maid named Omame and changed dramatically. He stopped gambling and...

Adventures of famous yakuza boss Jirocho and his disciples who settle in Kofu.

Mataemon Araki, a renowned swordsman, helps a young man find vengeance.

Koji Tsuruta plays dual roles: Kyotaro, the young master of a pharmaceutical wholesaler in Osaka, and Ken, a street thug in Tokyo.

Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara; a group of orphan children are wandering through the battlefield...

A melodrama based on the novel by Yasunari Kawabata, telling about the tragic fate of a mother and daughter who are attracted to the same man.

A young woman tries to raise money to open her own coffee shop. She arranges a loan when her rigid family won't help and then her husband becomes...

Light-hearted samurai comedy. The second son of a feudal lord runs away from an arranged marriage. He saves the life of a princess whom he gets to...

Young Setsuko Fujino begins a new job at Tokyo Chemical Company. She likes her boss, Ippei Hitachi, and enjoys serving him tea, despite the fact that...

A touching story about a young boy, Genta, who bravely takes on life's challenges in hopes of finding a better life for himself and his sickly mother.

A romance between a female student and a young professor, where friendship, temptation, and jealousy intertwine.

After a successful fashion designer receives a disturbing package, a series of bizarre murders begins to claim the models around her. As rumours of a...

Chubei, the adopted son of an Osaka courier, falls desperately in love with the courtesan Umegawa. To prevent a wealthy client from purchasing her,...

Continuation of the biographical film about the monk Shinran, based on the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. Shinran, born of the fading aristocratic class,...

After running away from her mother, Ashiko works as a maid at an inn and changes her name, but she finds herself torn between her past and a new...