Movies

In the prewar days leading up to the Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937, head flight instructor Lt. Katō Tateo of the Imperial Japanese Army-Air...

1945 Japanese movie

Tomotaka Tasaka's earliest surviving surviving film is a powerful adaptation of Hector Malot's "Nobody's Girl".

During the reign of Hidetada, the second shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty, the advisor Okubo Hikozaemon (Ganjiro Nakamura) entrusts the young Takechiyo...

A Japanese version of the musical comedy "Yes, Mr. Brown"

1959 youth comedy.

Tenth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

1962 Japanese movie

Melodrama about two sisters with different mothers.

Based on the novel The Vampire (Kyūketsuki) by Edogawa Ranpo.

A sad love film where the action takes place in Kyoto, in a trading house. Considered a lost film.

1962 Japanese movie

The former Japanese Naval Academy was at Etajima, one of the many islands of the beautiful Inland Sea. Among the new cadets were Ishikawa and Murase....

A screwball tale of a suspected “lady thief” and the detective who is on her trail, following her from Osaka to her home village, where...

A young boss proves his right to rule his gang.

Based on the novel by Shofu Muramatsu, the film is dedicated to the actors of the renowned Japanese Kabuki theatre. Set in Japan in 1885, the story...

A timely masterpiece that boldly reveals women's secrets on the issue of when abortion is acceptable...