Chieko Seki

Chieko Seki

Born: February 8, 1930
in Tokyo, Japan

Movies for Chieko Seki...

Your Favourite
Title: Your Favourite
Released: November 29, 1969
Type: Movie
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The Thin Line
Title: The Thin Line
Released: February 12, 1966
Type: Movie
Tashiro coincidentally meets his best friend Sugimoto in a bar very close to the apartment in which Sugimoto’s wayward wife is found dead. Although Tashiro is not a suspect in the police investigation, he is racked with guilt and confesses to his wife, Masako. In an effort to further relieve his tortured sense of guilt, he then confesses to Sugimoto. Neither his wife nor his friend can believe that he could have been involved.
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Secret Club 000
Title: Secret Club 000
Released: December 4, 1965
Type: Movie
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An Impudent Man
Title: An Impudent Man
Released: January 15, 1964
Type: Movie
Naomasa, the former lord of Okayama Castle and the head of the Iseda family, takes a strange boy, Kirihito, under his wing. However, Naomasa is sent to Europe for his rather too liberal lifestyle…
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Boku chin hōrō-ki
Title: Boku chin hōrō-ki
Released: August 26, 1962
Type: Movie
1962 Japanese movie
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Taiyō Sensei Seishunki
Title: Taiyō Sensei Seishunki
Released: April 1, 1962
Type: Movie
Movie directed by Kunio Matoi
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Nippon no obaachan
Title: Nippon no obaachan
Released: January 3, 1962
Type: Movie
Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just escaped a retirement home and the other was looking for an escape from her son and daughter-in-law. With nowhere to go, the two wander around, befriending a cosmetics salesman and a kind waitress who give them beer. This biting social satire starring two memorable grandmothers, scripted by Yôko Mizuki, picked up on Japan’s aging population problem far ahead of its time.
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The Strangers Upstairs
Title: The Strangers Upstairs
Character: Haruko Koizumi
Released: December 15, 1961
Type: Movie
After moving in to their dream home, newlyweds decide to rent out their second floor to save money. They soon discover the woe of being landlords.
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Girls of the Night
Title: Girls of the Night
Character: Oyuki
Released: September 4, 1961
Type: Movie
In the late 1950's prostitution was banned in Japan and if a woman was found exercising this profession they were sent to a reformatory. This is a story of one of these brave women Kuniko who is released from the reformatory and tries to build a new life.
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The Other Woman
Title: The Other Woman
Character: Toshi-bou
Released: May 30, 1961
Type: Movie
In "The Other Woman" the children of a distinguished professor find that the woman they have come to regard as their racy and slightly disreputable Ginza aunt is really their mother.
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Obon, The Moll Dipper
Title: Obon, The Moll Dipper
Released: April 16, 1961
Type: Movie
Modern comedy, based on the popular manga.
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誰よりも金を愛す
Title: 誰よりも金を愛す
Released: February 2, 1961
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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Pfc. Story - Behind the Enemy Lines
Title: Pfc. Story - Behind the Enemy Lines
Released: April 1, 1960
Type: Movie
First "Pfc. Story" sequel and eighth overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
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Pfc. Story - The Divine Tempest
Title: Pfc. Story - The Divine Tempest
Character: Matsuko
Released: October 9, 1959
Type: Movie
First installment of the "Pfc. Story" series of military-themed comedies from Shochiku, and seventh overall sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
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When a Woman Loves
Title: When a Woman Loves
Character: Ohama
Released: September 24, 1959
Type: Movie
Story of a romance between a middle-aged journalist and a young woman.
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Donto ikōze
Title: Donto ikōze
Released: June 8, 1959
Type: Movie
Comedy about the trials and tribulations of youth.
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Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki
Title: Nitōhei monogatari: Banji yōryō no maki
Character: Miyoka
Released: April 19, 1959
Type: Movie
Sixth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
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Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
Title: Nitōhei monogatari: Aa senyū no maki
Released: December 28, 1958
Type: Movie
Fifth sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
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One Step to Happiness
Title: One Step to Happiness
Released: November 11, 1958
Type: Movie
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The Beloved Imposters
Title: The Beloved Imposters
Released: November 11, 1958
Type: Movie
1958 Mito Kumon movie
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Botchan
Title: Botchan
Character: Geisha Tsubame
Released: June 14, 1958
Type: Movie
1958 Shochiku adaptation of Natsume's novel.
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Don't get in your hands
Title: Don't get in your hands
Released: February 16, 1958
Type: Movie
A woman in a bar was killed at a new construction site in an apartment building, and a handbag containing the value of five million yen was taken away. Detective Kuribayashi, who was involved in the investigation, turned his eyes to Kishida Ryohei, a cabaret musician who lives in a nearby apartment. He had a criminal record for stabbing his wife, who had betrayed him, and a match he worked for had fallen at the scene of the murder. However, Kishida, who appeared at the police station, stubbornly denied the crime, and he returned to his apartment without physical evidence.However, the residents of the apartment who learned of this had been cold-blooded and rumored to be a murderer. Kishida has a secret crush on the stripper Tachibana Yumi, who lives in the apartment directly opposite.However, Yumi has a lover of a plumber named Maki Shinji.
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The Adorable Trio
Title: The Adorable Trio
Character: Tamako Furukawa
Released: December 28, 1957
Type: Movie
Japanese romantic comedy film.
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続二等兵物語 決戦体制の巻
Title: 続二等兵物語 決戦体制の巻
Released: March 26, 1957
Type: Movie
Third sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
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Utau yajikita kogane dōchū
Title: Utau yajikita kogane dōchū
Released: January 3, 1957
Type: Movie
1957 Japanese movie
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続二等兵物語 南方孤島の巻
Title: 続二等兵物語 南方孤島の巻
Released: July 13, 1956
Type: Movie
Second sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
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Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin
Title: Denshichi Torimonocho: Female Fox Palanquin
Character: お政
Released: June 1, 1956
Type: Movie
One night in Edo, a mysterious woman in a palanquin appeared at the moneylender Yamashiroya, revealing herself to a beautiful woman. She told the owner, Shigebē, that she had come to collect a life he owed from twenty years ago and then left. The same night, Maruiya Genbē also received a visit from the woman's palanquin, and nearby, a man named Manbē was murdered. The detective Hayanawa Gohē concluded the murder was the work of a fox spirit, but another detective, Den Shichi, skeptical of this theory, noticed footprints on the tatami and decided to investigate further.
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Story of Second Class Private, Sequel
Title: Story of Second Class Private, Sequel
Released: March 18, 1956
Type: Movie
First sequel to "Story of Second Class Private".
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大江戸出世双六
Title: 大江戸出世双六
Character: おせん
Released: December 28, 1955
Type: Movie
Isshin Tasuke, a friend of Ōkubo Hikozōemon, the esteemed public arbitrator of the realm, saved the maid Onatsu from punishment after she accidentally broke a plate gifted by Lord Ieyasu. Tired of the strict samurai service, Tasuke moved to the Genbei tenements and opened a fish shop. This tenement housed various characters, including the landlord's daughter Osen who had a crush on Tasuke, the midwife Okan, the blind masseur Oyone and her husband, the carpenter-loving couple Yoshigorō and Ohama, the rōnin Takeuchi Yogoemon, and the siblings Ochika and Shin'nosuke who cared for their sick mother.
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Private Second Class
Title: Private Second Class
Released: November 15, 1955
Type: Movie
First film in a series of military-themed comedies from Shochiku.
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Yukiko
Title: Yukiko
Released: August 3, 1955
Type: Movie
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浮かれ狐千本櫻
Title: 浮かれ狐千本櫻
Released: December 28, 1954
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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Women's House
Title: Women's House
Released: November 23, 1954
Type: Movie
After Shuichiro moved to Tokyo, the Tanno family became completely female, including Mrs. Tanno, Shuichiro's daughter-in-law Manzuko, painter Takashiro Egi, Shizu Kazemaki, Mitsue Nanbu, an intellectual who works in a university laboratory, and an old woman.
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Love Letter
Title: Love Letter
Character: Office lady
Released: December 13, 1953
Type: Movie
A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.
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Yasen kangofu
Title: Yasen kangofu
Character: Nurse Okiyama
Released: July 14, 1953
Type: Movie
Japanese war drama.
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Where Chimneys Are Seen
Title: Where Chimneys Are Seen
Character: Yukiko Ikeda
Released: March 5, 1953
Type: Movie
Gosho’s most celebrated film both in Japan and the West, Where Chimneys Are Seen is perhaps the most compelling example of his concern for, and insights into, the everyday lives of lower-middle-class people. Based on Rinzo Shiina’s novel of the absurd, the film depicts the lives of two couples against the backdrop of Tokyo’s growing industrialization during the 1950s.
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Tower of Lilies
Title: Tower of Lilies
Released: January 9, 1953
Type: Movie
A group of Okinawan high school girls are drafted as nurses during the American invasion of the island. As the enemy army advances further, the situation for the girls becomes increasingly desperate as food and shelter run out and the number of injured climbs, leading to the film's tragic finale.
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Fighting Yasubei
Title: Fighting Yasubei
Character: Oteru
Released: July 30, 1952
Type: Movie
Yasube Nakayama left the clan and lives in Edo. One day, Yasubei visits his uncle Rokuroemon Kanno to borrow money from a moneylender in the amount of 13 ryo in order to save Oteru, the daughter of a merchant. However, the next day, Rokuroemon was killed in a fight by the Murakami brothers. Yasubei rushed to the scene, took revenge and became the husband of Miya, the daughter of Horibe Yahei.
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Love's Cheerleader
Title: Love's Cheerleader
Character: Keiko Tanikawa
Released: June 19, 1952
Type: Movie
Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals
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Third Class Executives
Title: Third Class Executives
Released: May 30, 1952
Type: Movie
1950s Japanese comedy.
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お洒落狂女
Title: お洒落狂女
Character: Kiyo
Released: April 3, 1952
Type: Movie
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娘十八びっくり天国
Title: 娘十八びっくり天国
Released: February 29, 1952
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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大当りパチンコ娘
Title: 大当りパチンコ娘
Released: January 15, 1952
Type: Movie
Japanese comedy film.
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Who Knows a Woman's Heart
Title: Who Knows a Woman's Heart
Released: December 21, 1951
Type: Movie
Ikeuchi was captain of the K - University ice hockey team. The daughter Shikotsuko of Ginza 's western restaurant "Piccolo" was also a female student at K University and was a figure player. They had a dream of being dispatched to Oslo in the Olympic Games and were struggling in each way. Mizuno who runs a sports equipment store in Ginza, showed the geisha by guiding the junior's Ikeuchi and others to the shop of Shimbashi one day.
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Mito Kōmon's Rambling Journey: The Sword of the Soaring Dragon
Title: Mito Kōmon's Rambling Journey: The Sword of the Soaring Dragon
Released: August 3, 1951
Type: Movie
Adaptation of Mito Kōmon.
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Who Will Judge Me?
Title: Who Will Judge Me?
Released: May 18, 1951
Type: Movie
Directed by Senkichi Taniguchi
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Claws of Iron
Title: Claws of Iron
Released: February 24, 1951
Type: Movie
During the war a man is bitten by a creature which looks like a cross between a bear and an ape in the jungle. Later he starts to transform to a monster like creature who kills with his claw like fingers.
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Song of Love
Title: Song of Love
Released: April 9, 1950
Type: Movie
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Street of Violence
Title: Street of Violence
Character: Tajima's younger sister
Released: February 26, 1950
Type: Movie
An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.
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Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi
Title: Shirayuki sensei to kodomo tachi
Released: January 29, 1950
Type: Movie
The film centers a compassionate teacher (Setsuko Hara) who teaches at a Tokyo grade school where students curse and gamble. The school has a pond on-premises that she's in charge of and cares for. The pond holds a number of carp, but someone is snatching them. The teacher forms a special bond with a child who lives in abject poverty.