Moon of the Plateau

An older sister and brother (Mieko Takamine and Masayoshi Otsuka) come to visit their grandfather (T

Karakuri musume

The Dawning Sky

A melodrama about an orphan and her mother who are separated and lose contact, but are later reunite

The Village Bride

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

Eternal Heart

Toshie, a young, conservative secretary-typist has fallen in love with Shozo Narita, a young man she

Sailor

Shinpachi Morimura, who was born in a fusuma craftsman's house, wants to join the Japanese navy. How

Flower

Most of the students studying Ikebana with Kozoe Iemoto are daughters of rich Tokyo families. Kozoe

The Tokyo Kid

A young, talented singer (Misora) is orphaned, not once but twice, and has to turn to a rather unlik

There Was a Father

Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither

Marching On

A farmer’s boy, obsessed with his balsa-and-paper flying models and with dreams of real aircraft, de

Okoto and Sasuke

A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devo

Shining Love

Created by Shochiku’s cultural film department on behalf of the Ministry of Education, this film tel

Pure Love

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

Apart from You

An aging geisha, whose angry teenage son is ashamed of her profession, works alongside a young geish

Mother

The 1929 Japanese film "Mother" which helped child actress Hideko Takamine become a star.

Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter

Part two of Shimizu's major silent Seven Seas, a family drama of the intertwining fates of the rich,

I Was Born, But...

Two young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood. Ozu's charming film i

Young Miss Executive

A President of the confectionery company announced his retirement, and his sixteen year old granddau

Carmen's Innocent Love

Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politi

The Idiot

A gentle, war-shattered ex-soldier, Kinji Kameda, arrives in wintry Hokkaidō and is pulled into a vo

Reijin

The Life of an Office Worker

When Tsukamoto is made redundant he cannot bring himself to tell his wife. Instead he investigates o

Carmen Comes Home

A rural village elder plans an event on the return of a farmer's daughter from the city, unaware tha

The Thick-Walled Room

A group of rank-and-file Japanese soldiers are jailed for crimes against humanity, themselves victim

Odoru ryûgûjô

Kaihin no joô

Comedy by Kiyohiko Ushihara. Once a full-length feature film, now only 14 minutes remain.

The King of Sports

Nature Is the Judge

Japanese silent film from 1925.

The Face of Humanity

Japanese silent film from 1928.

The Glory of the Shōwa Era

Japanese silent film from 1928.

The Blacksmith of the Forest

A blacksmith is chased out of the village by the sinister village chief and forced to move to the f

Echigo Lion

Japanese silent film from 1929.

A Smiling Life

Japanese silent film from 1930.

Youth, Why Do You Cry?

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

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1

The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of ali

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2

The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of ali

Shine, Japanese Women

Shigeko and Midori, star swimmers at the renowned Kirishima Girls’ School, are training relentlessly