Yasurō Shiga

The first half of the movie depicts a man's jealousy of his best friend and the woman he love. The second part depicts a hero who is ready to put the...

A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke

A melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is apparently the first adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's The...

A melodrama about a businessman's relations with the three women in his life.

Bored Hatamoto film #8

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...

Ryôma Sakamoto unites the Choshu and Satsuma clans and paves the way for the Meiji Restoration.

Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder, but are too scared to report it to the police. In the meantime, an innocent man is...

Period film from 1934.

short film about Banchō Sarayashiki.

Japanese film from 1924.

Japanese film from 1924.

Japanese film from 1925.

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