Ryūji Ishiyama

Japanese propaganda film about the Normanton Incident.

In Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mountainous Izu to Tokyo.

On vacation's eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is imprisoned and accused of embezzlement.

Kenji and Chuko travel to Hokkaido as migrant workers and enlist as miners under the strict leadership of Guzuyasu. On the boat journey to Hokkaido,...

In Depression-era Tokyo, a struggling middle-aged single father with a young son comes across a homeless young lady and convinces a bar owner to take...

Japanese silent film from 1928. Kinema Junpo ranked it among the ten best Japanese movies of the year.

A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki...

Jyuta, an honest owner of a taxi company, has a younger half-brother who is involved in the yakuza world and doesn’t get along well with his...

A penniless orphan loses the woman he loves, when her family arranges a marriage to a wealthy playboy. He believes she was blinded by greed, and...

If you throw this child away

A 1937 Japanese film.

After defeat in the Battle of Skigahara, Yukimura Sanada and his Ten Braves scatter across the country to spy in order to be prepared for the final...

A period drama about samurai who survived a loss in battle. An early jidaegeki by Hiroshi Shimizu.

Early silent film from Hiroshi Shimizu.

Japanese silent film from 1926. (Obo-chan meaning "Young Master.") Written by Ayame Mizushima, the first female screenwriter in Japan.

1926 jidaigeki (period drama) directed by Hiroshi Shimizu.

Japanese silent film from 1926.

A modern girl suddenly intrudes into a widower's family home.