An Enemy of the People

Tadashi Imai 1946 movie

Professional Killer

Directed by Mansaku Itami.

Secret White Line Zone

First film in Teruo Ishii's Line series.

Enomoto's Heaven and Hell

Keita, after his death, was taken to the court of heaven as Defendant No. 1361, where his past was

A Man's Flower Road of Triumph

Zoku Hebihimesama

Stolen Love

Romantic melodrama

Tenpo Suikoden - Otone's Night Fog

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki

Life Begins at 61

Japanese war-era film

The 26 Martyrs of Japan

Jesuit priests in Japan during the 17th century are persecuted by the shogunate to for trying to spr

Sasaki Kojiro

Director Hiroshi Inagaki's early version of the life and death of famed swordsman Sasaki Kojiro. Ota

Beni-kōmori - Dai ippen

The adventures of a young patriotic samurai. This is the Nikkatsu version of Shin Hasegawa's origina

Devil Princess’ Beauty Competition

An exciting historical drama in which a beautiful woman secretly solves the family problems of the O

Beni-kōmori - Kōhen

The adventures of the samuraï Chohachiro Tonami continues (sequel to Beni-kōmori - Dai ippen).

Mito Kômon: Rai Kunitsugu no maki

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō.

The Man Who Waited

A bizarre murder at a hot springs resort threatens to disrupt an Edo detective's (Hasegawa) vacatio

Shinpen Tange Sazen: Sekigan no maki

Another adaptation of Tange Sazen.

Enoken's Mori no Ishimatsu

A typically modern take on the well-known Naniwabushi character (and real life 19th-century gangster

Mito Komon - The Secret Letter

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō. Again scripted by the legendary Yamanaka Sadao

Shimizu Jirocho

Under the Blossoming Peach

A picture-story-show operator, accompanies her son, Akira, who lives apart from her, to a hot-spring

A Thousand and One Nights with Toho

The debut film of Shin Toho Productions

Enoken's Kurama Tengu

The legendary ninja Kurama Tengu (Enoken) uses his superhuman powers to help free a band of street u

Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf

Aa mujo: zenpen

Aa mujo: Kohen

I Believe I Am Being Followed

Follows the Japanese lieutenant of the invading 228th Infantry Regiment Toichi Wakabayashi, who died

Kantaro of Ina

War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.

Zuku ôoka seidan mazo kaiketsu-hen

The Fighting Firemen

Kichigoro, a firefighter from the Maeda family of the Kaga Principality, rescues Oshimo, the younger

Mother

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

Mr. Shosuke Ohara

Saheita, the final heir of a once rich and respectable family, can't refuse the many villagers that

白頭巾現わる

1949 Japanese movie

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events

Zenigata Heiji Detective Story: Heiji Covers All of Edo

Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized

Chutaro of Banba

Based on the play ”Mabuta no haha” by famed author Shin Hasegawa, this is the first major starring r

Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka

Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.

Omoide tsukiyo

Japanese romance film.

The Fencing Collegian

Japanese sports comedy film about kendo.

Shimizu no Jirocho den

Based on the story of Shimizu no Jirocho.

Akatsuki no Kyūshū

Japanese drama film.

Kenkyō edo-murasaki

Japanese film released to commemorate the 7th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

Nangoku taiheiki

Japanese film.

Rikidozan no tetsuwan kyojin

1954 Japanese film starring professional wrestler Rikidozan.

365 Nights

A young man rents an apartment in Tokyo and discover it was built by his father. He falls in love wi

A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

In A Tale of Archery, young, timid bowmaster Kazuma (Akitake Kôno) seeks to beat the archery record

Nonki saiban

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts re

Mother Never Dies

The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.

Flirtation in Spring

Japanese adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's play "Marius", set in early XXth century Japan.

Okuni and Gohei

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

Great Bodhisattva Pass 2

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday

The Way of Drama

The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular

Suicide Troops of the Watchtower

Stalwart soldiers of the Japanese Empire – Japanese and Korean alike – stand in defense of a militar

Ōoka Cases Devil's Image - Part One

A Japanese silent film

Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: The Journey

A lost film telling a story of Jirokichi the Rat, a notorious thief

Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel

Jirokichi the Rat is a notorious thief. While on the run from the law, he discovers an unexpectedly

Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel Part 2

A lost film that tells a story of Jirokichi, a notorious thief

Ishimatsu from the Forest

The film recounts the tragedy of a young outlaw. Considered a lost film.

The Battle of Kawanakajima

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is th

Both You and I

A comedy about two salarymen who routinely degrade themselves for their boss.

Those Who Make Tomorrow

In postwar Japan, two sisters—a film studio script girl and a revue dancer—become swept up in the gr

Snow-Flake

Great Bodhisattva Pass

1930s Japanese film.

Ghost Cat of Nabeshima

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a

Husband and Wife

A married couple looking for an apartment move in with the husband's co-worker, a widower. The husba

This Happy Life

A small community in wartime Japan learn how to make do with less.

Oath on the Burning Sands

A Japanese army engineer (Hasegawa) on the mainland must put his personal feelings for a beautiful C

The Splendid Gold Mine

Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War

Iemitsu and Hikoza

A sentimental tale of the filial love between shogun Iemitsu (matinee idol Hasegawa) and his loyal o

Dancers of Awa

Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance

Appeal on the Cross

Kusuo Abe stars in this kaidan.

Yoki na onna

1946 Toho film directed by Kiyoshi Saeki

Priest of Darkness

A boy steals a knife from an old samurai, unaware of its value, setting off a strange chain of event

Flowers Blooming In the Storm

Jidaigeki from 1940

Edo Spring

Kinshiro takes over the family, but he thinks he is going to replace the son of his stepmother but r

Meeting of the Ghost of Apres-Guerre

In a small town, according to the homecoming of Professor Ishinaka, the youth culture group was over

Kunisada Chūji

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost.

Miki, the Swordman

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

Kuriyama Daizen

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

Numazu Officer School

Japanese war movie

Gantaro Path

Mado Kara Tobidase

The movie "Jump Out of the Window" is a heartwarming work that depicts the interaction between two f

Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen

Directed by Daisuke Itō.

Itahachi shima

Japanese movie

Five Tokyo Men

風の噂のリル

Sanada Bunkichi, an alcoholic musician who had lost all motivation to live, was a man who seemed to

Five Sisters

The story of five sisters.

関八州勢揃い

During the Tenpo era, the peasants of the Kanto region were in dire straits due to successive natura