6 Movies Starring Chieko Baishè

Am I Trying

Am I Trying

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1974-07-18

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

91 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (204 Reviews)

Director:

Yèji Yamada

Cast:

Writer:

Yèji Yamada

Azuma Morisaki

Yèji Yamada (characters)

Fullplot:

Tora-san's Love Call

Tora-san's Love Call

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1973-04-14

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

113 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (43 Reviews)

Director:

Yèji Yamada

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Yoshitaka Asama

Yèji Yamada

Fullplot:

Tora-san's Rise and Fall

Tora-san's Rise and Fall

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1977-06-12

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (48 Reviews)

Director:

Yèji Yamada

Genres:

Comedy

Fullplot:

Howl's Moving Castle

Howl's Moving Castle

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2005-06-17

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (185423 Reviews)

Director:

Hayao Miyazaki

Cast:

Writer:

Hayao Miyazaki (screenplay)

Diana Wynne Jones (novel)

Fullplot:

A love story between an 18-year-old girl named Sofè, cursed by a witch into an old woman's body, and a magician named Hauru. Under the curse, Sofè sets out to seek her fortune, which takes her to Hauru's strange moving castle. In the castle, Sophie meets Hauru's fire demon, named Karishifè. Seeing that she is under a curse, the demon makes a deal with Sophie--if she breaks the contract he is under with Hauru, then Karushifè will lift the curse that Sophie is under, and she will return to her 18-year-old shape.

Kabei: Our Mother

Kabei: Our Mother

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-01-26

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

133 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (905 Reviews)

Director:

Yèji Yamada

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Teruyo Nogami (biography)

Yèji Yamada (adaptation)

Emiko Hiramatsu (adaptation)

Fullplot:

Based on childhood days of Teruyo Nogami.

The Little House

The Little House

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-01-25

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

136 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (526 Reviews)

Director:

Yèji Yamada

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Kyèko Nakajima (based on the novel by)

Yèji Yamada (screenplay)

Emiko Hiramatsu (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A woman looks back on her family's life in Tokyo before and during WWII. A maid arrives from the countryside to work for an upper middle class family. She fits in well, but everyone's emotions are stirred up with the arrival of a student.

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