Biography
Movie Credits
No Blood Relation
1932-12-16
An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her ga
Utsukushiki Rinjin
1940-05-23
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
The Genealogy of Women
1934-02-22
A melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is apparentl
Mother's Love Letter
1935-04-18
Domestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband taking place in a family-run judo
Street Without End
1934-04-26
Mikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose life, de
The Dancing Girl of Izu
1933-02-02
"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Pen
Burden of Life
1935-12-10
A middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old son to
Lumberjack and Lady
1935-01-07
A Japanese comedy from the end of the silent era (it has music) from a popular series. A feud, a pra
Happy Times
1933-10-19
A young couple is harrased by an uncle.
Our Neighbor, Miss Yae
1934-06-28
Keitaro is a law student and Yaeko is a high school girl. They are neighbors, and their friendship i
The Layabout and Seabathing
1933-08-17
The seventh film in the popular series starring the Yotamono trio (Mitsui, Abe and Isono). Summer ca
The Story of Tank Commander Nishizumi
1940-12-01
Following a young man through his childhood ambition to follow his father into the military to losin
Okinu and Banto
1940-12-31
A story of a store that makes Tabi socks.
The Loyal 47 Ronin
1932-12-01
This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura s
Before the Wedding
1933-07-13
Japanese home drama starring Kinuyo Tanaka.