Yoshie Nakagawa

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...

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

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...

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

A semidocumentary film about female pearl divers and fishermen.

Nanjo Mikisaburo is a young samurai trying to restore his ruined family to its past glory. Enduring the contempt and disdain of high-ranking samurai,...

A samurai returns to his homeland after a three year absence and finds his fiance is now one of the prince's concubines.

Film can be viewed on the National Film Archive of Japan YouTube channel under the title...

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...

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.

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