Movies

Pretty Oshige is deceived by her first love. After this, she lives a hard lifestyle, working at a number of jobs. Her only pleasure is her nephew,...

A period piece about the love of a wealthy blind woman, a teacher of koto and shamisen, and her devoted manservant. Based on a novella by Tanizaki...

It is considered to be a lost film.

The movie follows a young woman (Kinuyo Tanaka), a daughter of a high-ranking businessman and his neglected mistress, as she struggles to ease her...

A coming-of-age story portrayed as the loss of all youthful illusions. Sixteen-year-old Yoichi dreams of becoming a sailor. His parents are...

Part two of Shimizu's major silent Seven Seas, a family drama of the intertwining fates of the rich, decadent Yagibashis and the far less prosperous...

Hiroo Ikeda movie

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

Japanese silent film from 1928. Kinema Junpo ranked it among the ten best Japanese movies of the year.

A young lawyer falls in love with the daughter of his former professor, whom he's hired to tutor his children.

Kan’ichi Hazama and Omiya Shigisawa are engaged to be married, but Omiya breaks the engagement to marry a wealthy banker’s son....

Lost silent film

A Japanese short film, the earliest extant film of the great director Hiroshi Shimizu.

It is considered to be a lost film.

Japanese silent film.

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