1933

Apart from You

7.043/23

An aging geisha, whose angry teenage son is ashamed of her profession, works alongside a young geisha, resentful of her family for forcing her into a...

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Apart from You

1945

Theater

0/0

Kotobuki-za is a story of the Naniwa-bushi singer Baichuken Tsurumaru.

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Theater

1932

Moth-eaten Spring

10/1

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

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Moth-eaten Spring

1928

Tôribêyama shinjû

0/0

The doomed love story between a young courtesan and a samurai, in Kyoto.

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Tôribêyama shinjû

1941

Introspection Tower

6.7/7

A reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The teachers and caretakers face much trouble. The school is ofte...

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Introspection Tower

1929

Kurotegumi Sukeroku

0/0

Shinzaemon has been Sukeroku’s enemy ever since Sukeroku fought and defeated gangs from Shinzaemon’s group at a Kabuki theatre over Agemaki from Miura...

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Kurotegumi Sukeroku

1933

The Boss's Son at College

7.5/2

The story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his university's rugby team. The son of a wealthy soy sauce manufa...

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The Boss's Son at College

1935

Okoto and Sasuke

6.75/4

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 Jun...

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Okoto and Sasuke

1933

The Dancing Girl of Izu

6.667/3

"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets...

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The Dancing Girl of Izu

1946

The Woman Who Holds the Key

0/0

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

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The Woman Who Holds the Key

1929

Yôma kitan

0/0

Japanese horror movie from 1929.

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Yôma kitan

1950

Amakara chindōchū

0/0

Kotaro Shimoyama, once a government official, loses his job and separates from his wife, Sachie. He now resides with his daughter, Haruko. By chance,...

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Amakara chindōchū

1934

The Genealogy of Women

10/1

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

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The Genealogy of Women

1937

Don't Tell Your Wife About It

6/1

A Japanese screwball comedy about the battle between the sexes: two timid men, egged on by their wives, end up in a bitter duel over an expensive lace...

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Don't Tell Your Wife About It

1948

Great X

0/0

A 1948 Japanese film.

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Great X

1939

Four Seasons of Children

8.375/8

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...

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Four Seasons of Children

1933

Island Girl

0/0

Japanese silent film.

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Island Girl

1946

Victory of Women

7.125/4

Representing a destitute mother in an infanticide trial, a female lawyer attempts to convince a conservative prosecutor of the benefits of Japan's dem...

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Victory of Women

1932

Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter

8/2

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 S...

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Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter

1931

Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter

7.5/2

The film is a lengthy work interweaving characters from different backgrounds and social strata in a narrative centered around the experiences of its...

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Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter

1944

Sinking the Unsinkable

0/0

Japanese Warmovie

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Sinking the Unsinkable

1943

Sayon's Bell

9/1

Based on the true story of a 17-year old Atayal girl called Sayun Hayun from Nan'oku village, Giran district, Taihoku Prefecture (in current Taiwan) w...

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Sayon's Bell

1941

Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

6.941/34

After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to...

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Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family

1932

Passion

10/1

Film by Hiroshi Shimizu, featuring an early role for frequent Ozu and Naruse collaborator Hideko Takamine.

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Passion

1943

Air Raid of the Enemy Plane

0/0

Japanese war movie.

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Air Raid of the Enemy Plane

1941

Acorns & Chestnuts

0/0

A city boy moves to the countryside and the kids there pick on him.

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Acorns & Chestnuts

1942

Flowers of Patriotism

0/0

A nurse's tale of self-sacrifice during wartime. The title is borrowed from a patriotic song made popular by singer Hamako Watanabe during the Second...

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Flowers of Patriotism

1932

Tengoku ni musubu koi

9/1

Based on the Sakatayama double suicide

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Tengoku ni musubu koi

1943

Middle-Aged Man

10/1

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

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Middle-Aged Man

1933

天龍下れば

0/0

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天龍下れば

1931

The Tramp and His Daughter

0/0

Japanese silent film from 1931.

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The Tramp and His Daughter

1932

The Golden Demon

0/0

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

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The Golden Demon

1933

The Cheerleading Captain's Love

8/1

Tsukamoto and Omitsu are close friends, but one day, Tsukamoto becomes fascinated by Ayako, whom he meets at the home of Miyajima.

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The Cheerleading Captain's Love