Movies

Part two of Shimizu's major silent Seven Seas, a family drama of the intertwining fates of the rich, decadent Yagibashis and the far less prosperous...

Before a young woman can be sold to a geisha, she becomes pregnant.

Inochi uruwashi

Inoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to have worked mostly in period films, often with big...

Japanese mystery film marking Yuka Mizuhara's film debut.

A student comes up with various schemes to avoid paying a tailor the money he owes him. Considered to be a lost film.

The film features the first scene with kissing in a Japanese film. Kiss scenes were encouraged by the American occupiers of Japan following World War...

Japanese comedy film.

1961 Japanese movie

A film about the rivalry between Captain Gondo and the harpooner Yosuke Yamagami, working on the best whaling ship Hayabusa Maru. One day they will...

A melodrama about an orphan and her mother who are separated and lose contact, but are later reunited.

1945 Japanese movie

A wandering swordsman helps a doll maker and his fiancée fight against a ruthless gang in a small town. As tensions escalate, epic duels and...