Ichiro Yuki

Short feature by Hiroshi Shimizu.

The Idiot, by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Japanese silent film from 1928, ranked as Kinema Junpo's second-best Japanese movie of the year.

A group of bandits flee to the mountains after killing an evil moneylender. Remake of Hiroshi Inagaki's Jigoku no mushi (1938).

An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she abandoned...

Mikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose life, despite a host of male admirers and even some...

In late 19th-century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that the...

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.

Directed by Mikio Naruse. It is presumed to be lost.

1965 pinku directed by Sôjirô Motoki, under the name of Tamizô Shibuya.

Two friends accidentally run into a young, homeless woman, so they take her in.

University friends Ben and Shūichi unknowingly vie for the attention of the beautiful Chieko while on a skiing trip.

Early pinku.

Pinku from 1966.

The film is a lengthy work interweaving characters from different backgrounds and social strata in a narrative centered around the experiences of its...

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...

An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge.

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their...

The love of an older sister who worked as a geisha but decided to open a bar under the auspices of a millionaire

A blacksmith is chased out of the village by the sinister village chief and forced to move to the forest with his wife and two sons. The...

1958 Japanese movie

After being separated from their parents in childhood and left as orphans, Kyōko and Namiko were raised with the love of their aunt and grew into...

Japanese silent film from 1928.

A feature-length work based on Kan Kikuchi’s newspaper novel, adapted for the screen by Kōgo Noda. With performances by stars such as Shizue...

Japanese silent film from 1929.

Japanese silent film from 1929.

Japanese silent comedy from 1930. The directorial debut of Hiromasa Nomura.

Japanese silent film from 1930.

Japanese silent film from 1930.

Record of Love and Desire a.k.a. Desire of Night (愛慾の記[b], Aiyoku no ki; lit. "Memories of Love and Desire") is a 1930 Japanese silent film...

Japanese film from 1932.

Japanese silent film from 1933.

Japanese drama from 1934. A major production of Shochiku Studio, directed by Hiroshi Shimizu.