The story of Sanshiro, a strong stubborn youth, who travels into the city in order to learn Jujutsu. However, upon his arrival he discovers a new...

Michiyo lives in the small place Osaka and is not happy with her marriage, all she does is cook and clean for her husband.

During the Warring States era, Hozoin Kakuzenbo and Yagyu Tajima-no-kami, being best friends, spend their days acquiring skills of the spear, sword...

A luckless geisha struggles to make a living for herself and her young son.

Kiyoko (Takamine Hideko) and her husband want to open a coffee shop. She becomes increasingly close to the bank clerk (Mifune Toshiro) she's asked...

A university professor and his wife have two sons with infantile paralysis. Through trial and error, they struggle to open a school for disabled...

Gosho’s most celebrated film both in Japan and the West, Where Chimneys Are Seen is perhaps the most compelling example of his concern for, and...

A man gets rid of a cheap pot without knowing it contains a map to a treasure. As word spreads, many join in hunting it.

Police detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their...

A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.

The Way of Drama unfolds in the world of kabuki in Osaka, but also addresses the politics of popular culture and the rivalry between theatrical...

Based on the novel by Kojin Shimomura. Story of a young boy and his adventures in the country. His idyllic life is shattered by the illness and death...

Japanese film.

Japanese noir.

A comedic retelling of the legend of the loyal 47 ronin.

A Fond Face from the Past is also set in a rural community, specifically a village outside Kameoka, near Kyoto. In some ways this short,...

1941 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

In old Edo, Kakunojo (Chiezo), a dandy about town, falls in love with Oichi (Isuzu Yamada), whose merchant family is much beyond Kakunojo's status....

The film recounts the tragedy of a young outlaw.

After mastering swordsmanship at the dojo of Chiba Shusaku, and unable to serve a clan due to his illness, Hirate Miki becomes a ronin who winds up...

1930s Japanese film.

Kusuo Abe stars in this kaidan.

Pre-war jidaigeki film from 1936, produced by Uzumasa Hassei Eiga studios

Japanese historical film.

1948 Japanese drama film.

A man attacks the shogun, but does not succeed in his assassination attempt. He flees to the mountains and hides in a shed. There he finds an old man...

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

Kôfuku eno shôtai - Invitation to happiness

Set in the late Edo period of the assassination of Dairo Ii, the sword and emotional romance that depicts the murderous world. The turmoil of the end...

Japanese war movie

What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy...

Prewar jidaigeki starring Denjiro Okochi

Set against the backdrop of an imperial victory in the civil war leading up to the Meiji Restoration, Fallen Blossoms tells the story of the sorrows...

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki

Jidai-geki by Nobuo Nakagawa. Most likely a star vehicle for Kanjuro Arashi

Jidai-geki starring Kanjuro Arashi

1944 war movie

This is a rokyoku film of Tenjuken Ungetsu II (Hideko Itami), a popular rokyoku performer who was famous for her seven different voices for men and...

The film tells about the life of the former vassal of the Ako clan - Fuwa Katsuemon Masatane.

A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a...

Set in wartime at the Yawata Steel Works in Tobata, Yawata, and Kokura cities in Fukuoka Prefecture, the film depicts people taking on the evil blast...

At the residence of a feudal lord in a mountain province, a young lord, accompanied by his vassals and courtiers, listens to the rokyoku singer...

Kichigoro, a firefighter from the Maeda family of the Kaga Principality, rescues Oshimo, the younger sister of Jirokichi, a city firefighter from the...

1950 Japanese movie