Yukichi Iwata

A young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is unaware of the revelation, resents his mother for...

Fujio is beautiful, talented, well-heeled, and engaged to up-and-coming diplomat Munechika. She has promised him a gold watch, a family heirloom, as...

The story focuses on the widower Nemoto, ostensibly a businessman, who has one son, Kanichi, the hero of the title. Nemoto remarries; his new wife is...

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...

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

Japanese silent film.

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

Keitaro is a law student and Yaeko is a high school girl. They are neighbors, and their friendship is starting to develop into something more...

Three couples connected to rival business and theatrical families navigate complicated romances, workplace disputes, and family opposition.

Jie attended a women's university with the financial support of her geisha sister Oha and became a lawyer. The aim. Michiko, one of the seven best...

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

Japanese silent film from 1928.

The logger Yamato has been raising his daughter alone since his wife died in childbirth. The baron who owns the forests where he works convinces him...

Japanese silent film from 1928.

Japanese silent film from 1928.

Japanese silent film from 1929.

The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of alienation in the world of money, develops into a...

The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of alienation in the world of money, develops into a...

Japanese silent film from 1931.

Japanese silent film directed by Yasujirô Shimazu, originally released as a two-part movie on December 11, 1931.

Kan’ichi Hazama and Omiya Shigisawa are engaged to be married, but Omiya breaks the engagement to marry a wealthy banker’s son. Heartbroken,...

Japanese film from 1932, adapted from the novel by Kan Kikuchi. The first sound film from director Yasujiro Shimazu.

Shigeko and Midori, star swimmers at the renowned Kirishima Girls’ School, are training relentlessly with their sights set on the Los Angeles...

Japanese film from 1933, adapted from Masao Kume's serialized newspaper novel.

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

The simple and honest elementary school principal Taiga (Iwata) was at a loss after the school's donation money was stolen. At that time, he found a...