Reikichi Kawamura Movies

A dramatized chapter in the life of Shimizu Jirocho, a famous yakuza boss, gambler, and folk hero of the 1800s.

Japanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi.

A hostile Chinese nurse (Yamaguchi) who works in an orphanage is won over by the care and commitment of the Japanese doctor (Sano) who treats her...

Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop for Shimazu's story of innocence and experience....

A melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is apparently the first adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's The...

A 1937 Japanese film.

A family story in the year of 1943 during the war. The director is Shunkai Mizuho, who worked on "Hibari no Circus Sad Kobato" starring Hibari Misora...

Directorial debut by Umetsugu Inoue, the famous director of Musicals

The story of a boy who befriends a lonely middle-aged man.

Three couples connected to rival business and theatrical families navigate complicated romances, workplace disputes, and family opposition.

Mariko is an innocent girl who grew up in the highlands of Shinshu. She moves to Tokyo to live with her father who has successfully returned to...

Heinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a father who projects his professional desires on the...

A film dealing with the comings and goings of individuals in the immediate postwar period.

Shochiku melodrama about the lives of the humble people living in the poor tenement called the Ryuheiso.

The brothers of Children In The Wind deal with declining family fortunes: they must work when the father becomes sick, and eventually live with their...

Midori (Misora), the adopted daughter of Kinnosuke (Kawamura), a ship carpenter in a port town, was born a good singer. Her mother is dead, her...

Japanese silent comedy from 1930. The directorial debut of Hiromasa Nomura.