Stick Girl

Short feature by Hiroshi Shimizu.

Koibito-tachi no iru machi

Mr. Baku, a sandwich man, was familiar to his neighbors because he was a natural friend of Ryotaro Y

Casebooks of Detective Umon: The Incident of the Fawn-Pattern Cloth

Period film about the legendary detective Umon

Mr. Thank You

In Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mou

First-Rate Wife, Third-Rate Husband

Natsuko Kayama, an authority in the beauty industry and once known as Miss Tokyo, is a first-class w

At a Crossroads

Mother's Love Letter

Domestic comedy involving a strong wife and a "henpecked" husband taking place in a family-run judo

Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki

The Emperor's Hat

A man working in a museum steals the Emperor's hat on display.

Madam of the first class and husband of the third class

Domestic comedy produced by Shin Toho Studios directed by Komori Kiyoshi and starring Todoroki Yukik

Kuronekokan ni Kieta Otoko

Comedy-horror film by Masaki Môri.

Cordon at Dawn

1957 crime film

Eclipse

The story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi, and his co

A Woman Crying in Spring

Kenji and Chuko travel to Hokkaido as migrant workers and enlist as miners under the strict leadersh

Flesh Pier

Director Teruo Ishii's crime action follows the investigative adventures of an undercover cop workin

Hibarigaoka Showdown

Kyôko Yashiro's film debut for Shintoho.

Mother

A teenaged girl witnesses her widowed mother's attempt to sustain her family.

Every-Night Dreams

In Depression-era Tokyo, the life of a single mother and her young son are disrupted by the return o

Ginza Cosmetics

A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.

Woman Diver's Terror

Chie, who's chosen as 'Ms. Woman Diver', and her friend Yuki, have been missing for several days aft

Chocolate Girl

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

Where Chimneys Are Seen

Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-midd

Shikeishû no shôri

1957 crime film directed by Toshio Shimura for Shintoho.

Love Letter

A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letter

Santōshain to onna hisho

Japanese film.

The Fencing Collegian

Japanese sports comedy film about kendo.

日米花嫁花婿入替取替合戦

Japanese comedy film.

Big Hit Pachinko Girl

Set in a bustling 1950s parlor, a beautiful counter clerk falls for a wealthy businessman’s son, onl

President Rai of Kingoro

A humorous salaryman comedy about the president of a beer company who is said to be President Rai. T

Speed King

Japanese film about motorcycle racing.

ノイローゼ兄さんガッチリ娘

Japanese comedy film.

Shimizu no Jirocho den

Based on the story of Shimizu no Jirocho.

The Chastity Boy and Miss Brassiere

Early pinku.

Dimple of Tokyo

Buntaro, the president of a food trading company got tired of the day-to-day routine of life. The ne

The Ghosts of Yotsuya

Oiwa has been searching for the one who killed her father for a long time. She comes to Yedo and see

Lil's Return from Shanghai

In pre-war Shanghai, a man falls in love with a mysterious woman, but she eventually disappears. Bac

Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals

Japanese mystery film.

Achako's Notebook of Youth: Tokyo

Japanese comedy film.

珍説忠臣蔵

A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.

Kid Commotion

Kodakara Sodo (The Treasure That Is Children) is a 1935 black and white Japanese silent film with be

Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War

Wife Lost

A married man falls for a dancer and his wife's uncle hires a private detective to spy on him. Consi

The Loyal 47 Ronin

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura s

Dreams of Youth

Lost silent film

Young Lady

Lost film. Two reporters find that they are repeatedly beaten to the scoop by a new female journalis

Modan kaidan: 100,000,000 yen

A young couple flee their disapproving parents, get lost of Mt. Akagi and find a cache of gold prote

Okuni and Gohei

A high-born woman named Okuni travels around the country with Gohei, a samurai retainer who is in se

Miki, the Swordman

After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his il

Love

Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a fath

If You Throw This Child Away

If you throw this child away

妖婦 夜嵐お絹と天人お玉

Fictionalized retelling of the life of a Geisha poisoner.

Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf

The Betrayed

1926 jidaigeki (period drama) directed by Hiroshi Shimizu.

The Sun Rises from the East

The Japanese debut film of silent-era star Sessue Hayakawa, in which he not only starred but directe