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Genpei the Carp
1933-10-12
The first half of the movie depicts a man's jealousy of his best friend and the woman he love. The s
Utamaro and His Five Women
1946-12-17
Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo pro
Tsukiyo Karasu
1939-03-15
The ambiguous relationship between a woman musician and her young student.
Woman in the Mist
1936-05-14
Otoku asks her brother Bunkichi to speak with her son Seiichi, a young man for whom sacrificed every
Two Lanterns
1933-07-13
A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke
The Lady and the Beard
1931-02-07
Graduate Okajima finds his old-fashioned beard makes life difficult in a comedy exploring the tensi
The Sorrow of the Beautiful Woman
1931-05-29
Two people are fascinated by a sculptor's statue. The film is lost.
The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate
1935-07-14
Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder but are too scared to report it to the
Rikugun Daikoshin
1932-05-06
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1932-12-01
This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura s
Mother of the East
1934-02-01
Japanese drama from 1934. A major production of Shochiku Studio, directed by Hiroshi Shimizu.