Sisters

Keiko and Toshiko are sisters who leave their mountain home, where their parents live in a hydroelec

Stick Girl

Short feature by Hiroshi Shimizu.

Jinsei no uramichi

The Idiot, by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Marching Song

A Japanese wartime film directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

Utamaro and His Five Women

Utamaro, a great artist, lives to create portraits of beautiful women, and the brothels of Tokyo pro

Ornamental Hairpin

A Japanese mountain inn patron's foot is cut by an ornamental hairpin accidentally left behind by a

Dispersed Clouds

Five women classmates from a college in Tokyo are on the first stretch of a walking tour when one of

Housewife Camellia

The narrative is about a woman who faces hard times, when her husband is arrested for a crime commit

Mother is Strong

Women at War

Naomi Tazawa (Hiroko Kawasaki), who works at Isetan Department Store, was told by an executive at a

Flower

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

Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter

The film is a lengthy work interweaving characters from different backgrounds and social strata in a

Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter

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

Forever a Woman

Fumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her buddin

The Golden Demon

A penniless orphan loses the woman he loves, when her family arranges a marriage to a wealthy playbo

All is Well

The New Road: Akemi

The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow ari

Hard Times

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

Walk Cheerfully

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

Graduate Okajima finds his old-fashioned beard makes life difficult in a comedy exploring the tensi

Eclipse

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

The Groom Talks in His Sleep

A newlywed couple faces tension when the wife, after her husband leaves for work, becomes completely

The Loyal 47 Ronin

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

Sumida River

Inoue was something of a rarity in the sense, that he was a Shochiku house director who seems to hav

Half Virgin

Miyake has a boyfriend, Daijiro Natsukawa, who is a novelist, but considering her future marriage, M

An Inn at Osaka

An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company executive from

Love and Power

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

Tengoku no hanayome

1945 Japanese movie

Until the Day We Meet Again

A young man falls in love with a prostitute and is disowned by his family. He is then drafted, and h

Happy Times

A young couple is harrased by an uncle.

Silver Stream

Michiko gets pregnant after a rape. She marries a boring business partner of her father to avoid the

Spring Thunder

Eiko is an innocent young lady born into a wealthy family with nothing to offer. She was good at sin

The New Road: Ryota

The eldest daughter of a noble family is in love with an aviator while being courted by a fellow ari

New Woman Question and Answer

Jie attended a women's university with the financial support of her geisha sister Oha and became a l

At a Crossroads

Dawn Chorus

A young girl gives up high school to help out family expenses and starts to work as a bus conductor.

Living Things

Living Things a film by Heinosuke Gosho

Namida no Sekinin

Based on Japanese author Toshitaro Takeda's novel of the same name, the film centers around Takako,

Tengoku ni musubu koi

Based on the Sakatayama double suicide

天龍下れば

Song of Youth

Shirō Kuroki, the adopted son of the Yamada family, shares a deep and mutual love with his foster si

The Big City: Explosion

Japanese silent film from 1930. The second chapter of "The Big City: Labor" (1929).

Youth, Why Do You Cry?

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

ABC Lifeline

Japanese silent film directed by Yasujirô Shimazu, originally released as a two-part movie on Decemb

Victory or Defeat

Japanese film from 1932, adapted from the novel by Kan Kikuchi. The first sound film from director Y

Love in Tokyo

Japanese silent film from 1932.

Storm Zone

Japanese silent film from 1932.

Daphne

Japanese film from 1933, adapted from Masao Kume's serialized newspaper novel.

Mother of the East

Japanese drama from 1934. A major production of Shochiku Studio, directed by Hiroshi Shimizu.

Sakura Ondo

Sakura Ondo was a sound adaptation based on a popular 1934 song, produced at the Shochiku Kamata Stu

Constellations on Earth, Part One: Earth Chapter

Japanese film from 1934, based on a novel by Itsuma Maki (real name Kaitarō Hasegawa).

Constellations on Earth, Part 2: Constellations

Japanese film from 1934, based on a novel by Itsuma Maki (real name Kaitarō Hasegawa).