Wedding Day

Shinsaku was once a renowned playwright, has now been left behind by journalism and is living a leth

Escapade in Japan

A plane is forced to land at sea just off the Japanese coast. A young American boy is later befriend

Three Weeks of Love

Hong Kong-set religious drama.

I Was Born, But...

Two young brothers become the leaders of a gang of kids in their neighborhood.

G-men of Japan 2: Bloody Duel at Shipwreck Cape

The second part of an action-packed action movie about the struggle between smugglers, the Japanese

My Geisha

Famed movie director Paul Robaix breaks with tradition by not casting his actress-comedienne wife, L

Farewell to Spring

Bittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura

Endless Passion

Japanese Girls at the Harbor

Set in the port city of Yokohama, two girls, Sunako and Dora who attend a Christian school, pledge t

That Night's Wife

In Depression-era Japan, a man commits a robbery to save his critically ill daughter and escapes wit

The Munekata Sisters

Setsuko is unhappily married to Mimura, an engineer with no job and a bad drinking habit. She had al

Zoku aizen katsura

1939 Japanese movie

Three Stripes in the Sun

A racist sergeant stationed in post-war Japan finds himself softening towards the children and falli

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to

Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki

The Emperor's Hat

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

What Did the Lady Forget?

A professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokiko, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niec

Kare to Tokyo

Moth-eaten Spring

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

Every-Night Dreams

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

Tokyo Chorus

In Depression-era Tokyo, a young man struggles to provide for his family after he is fired from his

Ornamental Hairpin

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

King of the Land

Japanese silent film from 1928, ranked as Kinema Junpo's second-best Japanese movie of the year.

Next Door to Happiness

The Nakata family, father, mother, son Hideo, and daughters Taeko and Akiko live in the poorer secti

Divorce

Burden of Life

A middle-aged father has just married off his third daughter, but still has his nine year old son to

Three Gentlemen Return from Hong Kong

Sailor

Shinpachi Morimura, who was born in a fusuma craftsman's house, wants to join the Japanese navy. How

Mother's Love Letter

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

Women at War

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

A Certain Woman

Pretty Oshige is deceived by her first love. After this, she lives a hard lifestyle, working at a nu

The Flower is not False

Hana wa itsuwarazu (1941) is the second directorial work by Shochiku's Oba Hideo. Oba had previously

Sumida River

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

The Trio's Engagements

Three men vying for the same job end up chasing the same girl in this comedy-drama from noted Japane

Joe Butterfly

The staff of "Yank" magazine are among the first American troops into Tokyo after the Japanese surre

Elegy of the North

A sensitive young woman aged 22 fell in love with a middle aged man who was troubled by his unfaithf

A Straightforward Boy

A kidnapped boy proves to be more than his abductor can handle.

Gokumon Jima: Kaimei Hen

Sequel to "Island of Horrors" (獄門島, 1949).

The Grand Master

Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-m

Don't Tell Your Wife About It

A Japanese screwball comedy about the battle between the sexes: two timid men, egged on by their wiv

Hard Times

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

Haha o tataeru uta

A widow works as an insurance seller to raise her three children

Twenty-One Fingerprints

Third film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

Thirteen Eyes

Second film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

I Flunked, But...

This bittersweet comedy tells the tale of a group of college roommates attempting to cheat their way

The Lady and the Beard

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

Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?

When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of h

The Boss's Son at College

The story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his university's

Osayo Koi Sugata

The poor novelist Yamamoto is writing his novel, determined and with a headband around his head. Wit

Okoto and Sasuke

A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devo

The Loyal 47 Ronin

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

Lord Jim

After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem him

Golden Devil

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil

Golden Devil Part 2

1948 adaptation of Golden Devil, part 2

The Paths of Two Maidens

Melodrama about two sisters with different mothers.

Kōfuku no genkai

The eldest daughter of the Takamatsu family, Atsuko, a widow, returns home due to not getting along

The Bride Talks in Her Sleep

This pair of gentle yet witty and inventive comedies from the director of The Neighbour's Wife and M

The Groom Talks in His Sleep

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

Tengoku no hanayome

1945 Japanese movie

The Devil's toast

Retired police inspector Kurusu is vacationing at a seaside hotel when one night he hears a child's

South Wind 2

In this comic sequel to Yoshimura Kozaburo's original, Minami no Kaze, ex-baron (Saburi Shin) is in

The Woman Who Holds the Key

Shochiku melodrama about the loves of the humble people living in the poor tenement called the Ryuhe

Kokoro tsuki nogotoku

1947 Japanese movie

The Vampire Moth

The story of a professional nude model stalked by a bizarre, unknown man wearing a hideous mask.

Ghosts Die at Dawn

At the wedding of Kohei (Hasegawa) and Michiko (Todoroki), a whisper echoes along with a gust of win

Family Meeting

A melodrama about a businessman's relations with the three women in his life.

Victory Song

Hisshoka is a 1945 Drama film directed by four Japanese directors.

Suzhou Nights

A hostile Chinese nurse (Yamaguchi) who works in an orphanage is won over by the care and commitment

Sinking the Unsinkable

Japanese Warmovie

The Spy Has Not Died Yet

Claws of Iron

During the war a man is bitten by a creature which looks like a cross between a bear and an ape in t

Days of Youth

Students Watanabe and Yamamoto unknowingly compete for the same girl.

Shisha to no kekkon

A case of mistaken identity in which a woman assumes the role of widow to a man killed in a train ac

The Sorrow of the Beautiful Woman

Two people are fascinated by a sculptor's statue. The film is lost.

Happy Times

A young couple is harrased by an uncle.

Carmen's Innocent Love

Strip dancer Carmen falls in love with Hajime, who is engaged to the daughter of a right-wing politi

Tokyo File 212

A Communist spy ring in Japan is hard at work trying to sabotage the American war effort during the

A Primer on Marriage

Bored in his marriage, a dentist flirts with a young woman on a train. However he soon finds himself

Young Lady

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

Spring Comes from the Ladies

A student comes up with various schemes to avoid paying a tailor the money he owes him. Considered t

The Luck Which Touched the Leg

A salaryman finds some money in the street and gets a reward for returning it to its rightful owner.

The Revengeful Spirit of Eros

A young couple jump into the sea as part of a suicide pact. The man is rescued and subsequently disc

Pumpkin

Comedy about a young man juggling several girlfriends. Considered to be a lost film.

The Life of an Office Worker

When Tsukamoto is made redundant he cannot bring himself to tell his wife. Instead he investigates o

Wife Lost

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

Physical Beauty

A hen-pecked man works as his artist wife's model and a house-husband. When her patron flirts with h

Lovers' Duet

Melodrama about a talented singer who finally makes her debut

Mother's Ambition

The Kumakichi Ishida family lived happily in a small house in Shibuya while their mansion in Azabu w

A Ripple in a Morning

Atsuko is an office secretary who is also her family's primary source of income and caretaker in pos

Maria of the Ant Village

Alongside Tokyo's Sumida River is a ragpickers' settlement known as Ant Village. One night, a young

The New Road: Akemi

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

The Tree of Love

A young doctor, Kozo Tsumura, falls for young nurse Katsue Takaishi. But she's got a secret: she's a

Nippon no obaachan

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast abo

The Lights of Asakusa

Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop f

Warm Current

Adaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a hospital,

Silver Stream

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

Men vs. Women

A musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of the er

Dreams of Youth

Lost silent film

College Is a Nice Place

In a Tokyo boarding house a group of students and recent graduates struggle to complete their studie

Forbidden Path

Soyokaze

The Age of Emotion

A young man torn between love and friendship.

Ningen moyo

A love triangle among a girl, her poor boyfriend, and a rich company president.

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

The New Road: Ryota

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

Let's Have A Dream

A Japanese stage actor in Yokohama is terminally ill, and is determined to end his life, but doesn’t

Mother and Child

The movie follows a young woman (Kinuyo Tanaka), a daughter of a high-ranking businessman and his ne

Mr. Lucky

Okinu and Banto

A story of a store that makes Tabi socks.

Dancing with a Mask

Japanese propaganda film about the Normanton Incident.

The Motherland Far Far Away

That Night's Woman

That Night's Woman

Living Things

Living Things a film by Heinosuke Gosho

Morishige, where are you going?

A man who seemed to have found happiness with a wife and child loses his wife and his daughter gets

The Days of Youth are Days of Sadness

In a certain port town, there is a group of young men called the Wakakusa-kai. The chairman Oda (Mik

Merry Migratory Birds

Midori (Misora), the adopted daughter of Kinnosuke (Kawamura), a ship carpenter in a port town, was

Road to Hawaii

A 1954 film.

Air Raid of the Enemy Plane

Japanese war movie.

日本敗れず

In May 1945, Japan's defeat was imminent after the attacks on Saipan, Iwo Jima, and the Philippines,

Modern Salaryman: Bushido Romance

Three young employees navigate love, ambition, and meddling bosses as workplace crushes evolve into

Salarygirl Story: Saucy Staff

Two young women start their first jobs at a construction firm, where buried family secrets and a com

A Town with a Mountain and River

In a small Tohoku town, family tensions rise when a sick mother’s care leads to conflict over a mist

Immortal Love

Japanese silent film from 1928.

A Wife Quits

Hirano's wife Yasuko had grown weary of her life of poverty. Her feelings of dissatisfaction deepene

Thank You for Your Hard Work

Japanese silent comedy from 1928.

The Father and His Son

Japanese silent film from 1929.

A Smiling Life

Japanese silent film from 1930.

Youth, Why Do You Cry?

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

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1

The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of ali

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2

The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of ali

Sisters: Part 1

Japanese silent film from 1931.

Sisters: Part 2

Japanese silent film from 1931.

The Golden Demon

Kan’ichi Hazama and Omiya Shigisawa are engaged to be married, but Omiya breaks the engagement to ma

The Sun Rises from the East

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

Before the Wedding

Japanese home drama starring Kinuyo Tanaka.

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.

A Strong Wind Blows

When corruption spreads through a real estate company, president Hiyoshi brings in his honest friend

Three Youngmen and a Dream Girl

When corruption spreads through a real estate company, president Hiyoshi brings in his honest friend

The Green Voyage

Three high school girls travel to Osaka to visit a friend and end up on a lively journey through Kyo

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