Misao Seki

While attending college in Washington, D.C., Yuki Onda, the daughter of a Japanese samurai, meets and falls in love with Pierre Le Beau, a diplomatic...

A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.

The doomed love story between a young courtesan and a samurai, in Kyoto.

First film adaptation of the kabuki play Benten Kozo, about a thief who steals from the rich and gives to the poor...

This is the story of a samurai who falls on hard times due to misunderstandings and follows the plots of his enemies.

A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke

Yano is a small delivery boy for his uncle, who keeps a curio shop in Chinatown. His loves are Tama, his sweetheart, and Bengi, his dog. Bengi is...

Japanese war film.

A 1930 silent film from director Eichi Koishi, following the adventures of Edo firefighter Sanji.

Japanese horror movie from 1929.

Thinking it is a worthless trinket, Dorothy trades her husband’s prized Aztec idol to a street peddler in exchange for a beautiful silk shawl. She...

Bored Hatamoto film #6

Bored Hatamoto film #7

After falling in love with a courtesan, Rikiya is blinded by ash during a fight in a brothel. Believing the blindness permanent and his opponent...

In medieval Japan, a brutal and corrupt magistrate is planning to kill the child who is about to become the heir to the estate and position of the...

A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him.

The Chinese prince T'Su Wong Shih loves Quan Yin, the daughter of a gardener, but his uncle wants him to marry a girl of his own class. Leaving to...

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...

This is a classic Japanese Ghost Story.

The Vermilion Pencil is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Norman Dawn, and produced and distributed by Robertson–Cole. It is based on...

A nurse's tale of self-sacrifice during wartime. The title is borrowed from a patriotic song made popular by singer Hamako Watanabe during the Second...

Period film from 1934.

A young vassal is betrayed by his corrupt lord.

Japanese silent film from 1928, co-starring Chojiro Hayashi and up-and-coming actress Kinuyo Tanaka.

Tai Leung, a young man who dreams of love and carves ivory images, falls in love with the pretty Kao Ai. Her cruel foster father owns a restaurant...

A film by Eiichi Koichi depicting peasant uprisings.

The son of a wealthy imported goods dealer, Herbert Franklyn refuses to curb his appetite for gaiety and women after his engagement, with the result...