Biography
Movie Credits
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1)
1941-01-17
The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.
The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2)
1941-03-07
The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo.
A Man's Flower Road of Triumph
1941-12-30
新遊侠伝 遊侠往来
1951-05-18
The Age of Beginnings
1947-07-15
A newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo
When We Came Back
1950-06-03
Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki
Oogonju
1950-11-04
Sanshiro of Ginza
1950-03-30
An early film by Kon Ichikawa
Tokyo Rhapsody
1936-12-01
Film adaptation of the hit song
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn
1937-02-20
Story of a bandit king part 2.
Machi
1939-08-20
Eternal Heart
1929-04-29
Toshie, a young, conservative secretary-typist has fallen in love with Shozo Narita, a young man she
Morning's Tree-Lined Street
1936-11-01
As suggested by the title, this film takes up the theme of the city, beginning with a series of trav
Wife of a Lily
1940-03-06
This is a rokyoku film of Tenjuken Ungetsu II (Hideko Itami), a popular rokyoku performer who was fa
Kantaro of Ina
1943-01-03
War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.
Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen
1934-05-17
Directed by Daisuke Itō.
Enoken's Donguri Tonbei
1936-01-31
Enoken plays a frog-oil-hawking conman whose claims to martial prowess land him in hot water with th
Paradise of the Virgin Flowers
1936-06-11
The Monkey King
1940-11-06
A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The S
Karisome no kuchibeni
1934-11-22
A Japanese version of the musical comedy "Yes, Mr. Brown"
Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen
1933-01-02
Walk Cheerfully
1930-03-01
Kenji is a small-time thief who likes drinking and fighting. When he falls in love with sweet and si
The Lady and the Beard
1931-02-07
Graduate Okajima finds his old-fashioned beard makes life difficult in a comedy exploring the tensi
Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?
1932-10-13
When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of h
The Neighbour's Wife and Mine
1931-08-01
A playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers t
A Flower Blooms
1948-04-13
Machiko falls in love with a mysterious man, but her family wants something different for her.
Until the Day We Meet Again
1932-11-24
A young man falls in love with a prostitute and is disowned by his family. He is then drafted, and h
A Mother's Love
1950-06-27
A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.
Big hit pachinko girl
1952-01-15
Japanese comedy film.
Karayuki-san
1937-03-11
"Karayuki-san offers a no-holds-barred depiction of the discrimination faced by a former prostitute
The Revengeful Spirit of Eros
1930-07-27
A young couple jump into the sea as part of a suicide pact. The man is rescued and subsequently disc
Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter
1931-12-23
The film is a lengthy work interweaving characters from different backgrounds and social strata in a
Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter
1932-02-11
Part two of Shimizu's major silent Seven Seas, a family drama of the intertwining fates of the rich,
Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
1949-08-23
Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a
Akatsuki no Kyūshū
1951-12-14
Japanese drama film.
Reijin
1930-04-26
Under the Blossoming Peach
1951-03-24
A picture-story-show operator, accompanies her son, Akira, who lives apart from her, to a hot-spring
Silver Stream
1931-02-14
Michiko gets pregnant after a rape. She marries a boring business partner of her father to avoid the
Hideko the Cheerleader
1940-01-31
Hideko, a young Baseball fan, determined to cheer for her favourite baseball team by creating a new
Sky of Hope
1942-01-14
What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited marr
Saga of the Vagabonds, Part One: Tiger and Wolf
1937-02-11
Story of a bandit king.
Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf
1951-01-08
A Woman's Fight
1949-03-29
Yumiko, the president's daughter, meets a suspicious woman after her wedding ceremony with Tamio.
Youth, Why Do You Cry?
1930-11-15
A modern girl suddenly intrudes into a widower's family home.
ABC Lifeline: Fujieda Chapter
1931-10-16
First chapter of Tasujiro Shimazu's ABC Lifeline, released two months before ABC Lifeline: Part 1 an
Storm Zone
1932-12-01
Japanese silent film from 1932.