1957

Escapade in Japan

5.667/15

A plane is forced to land at sea just off the Japanese coast. A young American boy is later befriended by a fisherman's son, with the two setting off...

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Escapade in Japan

1962

Long Way to Okinawa

9/1

1962 Japanese movie

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Long Way to Okinawa

1954

Tree of Love

8/1

1954 Japanese movie

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Tree of Love

1952

Sunset Over Mount Fuji

0/0

Jidai-geki starring Kanjuro Arashi

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Sunset Over Mount Fuji

1947

The Age of Beginnings

0/0

A newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo at night by walking and observing it. He gets int...

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The Age of Beginnings

1962

The Tenth Game of New Salarymen: Salaryman Ittoru

0/0

1962 Japanese movie

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The Tenth Game of New Salarymen: Salaryman Ittoru

1933

Japanese Girls at the Harbor

6.35/20

Set in the port city of Yokohama, two girls, Sunako and Dora who attend a Christian school, pledge to be friends. But when a youth named Henry appears...

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Japanese Girls at the Harbor

1948

Kuro-uma no danshichi

9/1

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Kuro-uma no danshichi

1956

Devil Princess’ Beauty Competition

0/0

An exciting historical drama in which a beautiful woman secretly solves the family problems of the Owari clan. Hibari Misora plays two roles: a charmi...

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Devil Princess’ Beauty Competition

1962

Mid-August Commotion

0/0

A suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers working for the Ministry of the Defense and the General...

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Mid-August Commotion

1932

Moth-eaten Spring

10/1

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

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Moth-eaten Spring

1942

The Man Who Waited

8/1

A bizarre murder at a hot springs resort threatens to disrupt an Edo detective's (Hasegawa) vacation. When his hot-blooded wife (Yamada) starts snoop...

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The Man Who Waited

1933

Woman of Tokyo

6.771/35

Ryoichi and Chikako, brother and sister, live together. Chikako toils during the day and, at night, prostitutes herself to fund his college tuition.

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Woman of Tokyo

1952

Divorce

0/0

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Divorce

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

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

1962

Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1

0/0

1962 Japanese movie

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Jūyaku kōho-sei nanbā 1

1949

Ghost Cat of Nabeshima

6.5/4

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He recommen...

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Ghost Cat of Nabeshima

1956

Appeal on the Cross

0/1

Kusuo Abe stars in this kaidan.

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Appeal on the Cross

1932

Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?

6.5/22

When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs.

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Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth?

1956

The Storm

8.5/2

A widowed high-school teacher tries to raise his four children alone.

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The Storm

1942

Green Earth

0/0

Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation with a local Chinese company for business. Many Japa...

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Green Earth

1957

Demon King of Yoja Manor

10/1

During a packed game at Korakuen Stadium, Eagles’ star Tsubota faints, while singer Kyoko Tsukita collapses on stage at Cabaret Copacana. Goro Hayator...

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Demon King of Yoja Manor

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

1933

The Bride Talks in Her Sleep

7/1

This pair of gentle yet witty and inventive comedies from the director of The Neighbour's Wife and Mine typify both the formal experimentation of earl...

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The Bride Talks in Her Sleep

1949

白頭巾現わる

0/0

1949 Japanese movie

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白頭巾現わる

1957

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

8/1

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the s...

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Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

1959

Stormy Virtue

0/0

Yuri is looking forward to marrying her fiancé Minoru. However, a few days before the wedding she falls victim to his brother Takehiko, and against he...

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Stormy Virtue

1957

Queen of Asia

7.5/2

Japanese war film based on the true story of Yoshiko Kawashima, played by actress Miyuki Takakura in her film debut.

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Queen of Asia

1957

日米花嫁花婿入替取替合戦

0/0

Japanese comedy film.

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日米花嫁花婿入替取替合戦

1956

Daigaku no kengō: Keiraku no abarenbō

0/0

Japanese youth film about kendo.

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Daigaku no kengō: Keiraku no abarenbō

1953

Yasen kangofu

1/2

In 1942 South China, hardened field hospital nurse Yukiko secretly loves Sergeant Nemoto. The arrival of a fragile new nurse, Keiko, reawakens Yukiko'...

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Yasen kangofu

1958

Kyōen Kobanzame

0/0

Japanese film, originally released in two parts.

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Kyōen Kobanzame

1958

Star Poisoning Case

0/0

Japanese crime film.

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Star Poisoning Case

1952

Dimple of Tokyo

10/1

Buntaro, the president of a food trading company got tired of the day-to-day routine of life. The new secretary, Nobuko, suggested her "shacho-san" (t...

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Dimple of Tokyo

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

1958

稲妻奉行

0/0

Japanese film.

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稲妻奉行

1956

Royalist or Shogunate Loyalist? — Women's Mandala

0/0

1956 Japanese film, released in two parts. This is Part One.

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Royalist or Shogunate Loyalist? — Women's Mandala

1959

Kagebôshi: The Shadow Avenger

10/1

For the poor, Edo is Hell on Earth, starving under the rule of Tanuma Okitsugi, corrupt councilor to the shogun. But the courageous vagabond called “K...

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Kagebôshi: The Shadow Avenger

1954

Kenkyō edo-murasaki

0/0

Japanese film released to commemorate the 7th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

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Kenkyō edo-murasaki

1949

Late Night Confession

7/1

Japanese mystery thriller.

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Late Night Confession

1959

The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal

8/1

In 1941, overpopulated Japan faces an economic boycott and its armed forces push further to the south. And despite negotiations between Japan and the...

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The Pacific War and the International Military Tribunal

1955

Twilight Saloon

8/4

Inside a bustling postwar Tokyo beer hall, a diverse group of patrons, performers, and workers spend a single evening navigating their personal frustr...

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Twilight Saloon

1955

Nonki saiban

0/0

A spectacular comedy with a star-studded cast that depicts unusual trials and unexpected verdicts regarding the five deadly sins: the crime of beauty,...

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Nonki saiban

1941

The Poppy

0/0

1941 Toho adaptation of Natsume's novel.

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The Poppy

1941

Yukiko and Natsuyo

6/1

Adaptation of a novel by Nobuko Yoshiya that was serialized in "Shufu no tomo" between 1939 and 1940.

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Yukiko and Natsuyo

1949

Flirtation in Spring

10/1

Japanese adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's play "Marius", set in early XXth century Japan.

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Flirtation in Spring

1932

First Steps Ashore

7.5/2

The story of a sailor who begins a love affair with a woman he saves from suicide.

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First Steps Ashore

1933

Island Girl

0/0

Japanese silent film.

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Island Girl

1941

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday

6.5/4

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The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday

1956

The Ceiling at Utsunomiya

6.167/6

Ryutaro is a spy employed by the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, who is the target of assassination attempts that aim to hand power over to his younger broth...

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The Ceiling at Utsunomiya

1951

Tsuki yori no haha

0/0

Japanese drama film.

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Tsuki yori no haha

1962

The Escape

7/2

Film about the 2-26 Incident.

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The Escape

1933

Happy Times

7/1

A young couple is harrased by an uncle.

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Happy Times

1937

Unending Advance

10/1

One of Uchida’s early sound films, Unending Advance is based on a curious story by Yasujiro Ozu, in which an examination of the quotidian problems of...

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Unending Advance

1940

Oath on the Burning Sands

7.5/2

A Japanese army engineer (Hasegawa) on the mainland must put his personal feelings for a beautiful Chinese woman (Ri) aside if he is to succeed at bui...

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Oath on the Burning Sands

1954

Jirocho in Disgrace

9/1

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Jirocho in Disgrace

1958

Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War

0/0

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Emperor & Empress Meiji and the Sino-Japanese War

1944

Four Marriages

8/1

Based on a short story by Dazai Osamu, produced under the national film law. The film's hero falls in love with the youngest daughter of a family he i...

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Four Marriages

1938

A Pebble by the Wayside

6.333/3

Tomotaka Tasaka's A Pebble by the Wayside (Robo no Ishi), made in 1938 and taken from a Yuzo Yamamoto novel, takes place around 1902, was about a youn...

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A Pebble by the Wayside

1958

Equinox Flower

7.436/165

Wataru's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares her love for a coworker and is adamant to live her own way...

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Equinox Flower

1956

The Prosecutor and His Sister

0/0

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The Prosecutor and His Sister

1948

Living Image

0/0

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

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Living Image

1940

Wide and Fertile Land

0/0

In a village in Manchuria, a group of Japanese settlers struggle against the elements to create wet rice paddies.

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Wide and Fertile Land

1946

An Enemy of the People

9/1

Tadashi Imai 1946 movie

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An Enemy of the People

1955

Morishige is a Fake Gentleman

0/0

Scammer Horikawa Shinbei hopes to make a quick buck using Namie, a stripper under his control.

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Morishige is a Fake Gentleman

1942

Sky of Hope

8/1

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

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Sky of Hope

1956

Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets

5/1

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto leads the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy to defeat the American Fleet.

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Admiral Yamamoto and the Allied Fleets

1948

The Dead Beauty Incident

0/0

A dead beauty is found in the trunk. Kubota (Miaki), Okayama (Kawazu) and Tsuji (Funakoshi) begin investigating this mysterious crime at the investiga...

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The Dead Beauty Incident

1961

Lovers of Ginza

7/1

1961 Japanese movie

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Lovers of Ginza

1958

Holiday in Japan

0/0

Japanese comedy film released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Shintoho's founding.

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Holiday in Japan

1960

New Third Class Executive: Husband Education

8/1

Amid management shakeups and arranged marriage plans at Sekai Electric, an executive couple tries to support a young woman’s relationship with an acad...

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New Third Class Executive: Husband Education

1961

The Tenth Game of New Salarymen

0/0

A young salesman wins over a rival ink company while falling for the president’s daughter. Drawn into kendo rivalries and pressured to lose, he choose...

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The Tenth Game of New Salarymen

1933

天龍下れば

0/0

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天龍下れば

1931

ABC Lifeline: Fujieda Chapter

0/0

First chapter of Tasujiro Shimazu's ABC Lifeline, released two months before ABC Lifeline: Part 1 and ABC Lifeline: Part 2.

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ABC Lifeline: Fujieda Chapter

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

1932

Studio Romance: A Guide to Love

10/1

Japanese film from 1932.

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Studio Romance: A Guide to Love

1932

Storm Zone

0/0

Japanese silent film from 1932.

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Storm Zone

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

1933

Clear and Cloudy

0/0

Japanese film from 1933, adapted from a story serialized in the entertainment magazine "Fuji."

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Clear and Cloudy

1933

The Road to Marriage

0/0

Japanese silent film from 1933.

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The Road to Marriage

1933

Daphne

0/0

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

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Daphne

1934

Mother of the East

7/1

Japanese drama from 1934. A major production of Shochiku Studio, directed by Hiroshi Shimizu.

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Mother of the East

1934

Sakura Ondo

7/1

Sakura Ondo was a sound adaptation based on a popular 1934 song, produced at the Shochiku Kamata Studio as part of a five-studio competition to create...

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Sakura Ondo

1934

Constellations on Earth, Part One: Earth Chapter

10/1

Japanese film from 1934, based on a novel by Itsuma Maki (real name Kaitarō Hasegawa).

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Constellations on Earth, Part One: Earth Chapter

1934

Constellations on Earth, Part 2: Constellations

9/1

Japanese film from 1934, based on a novel by Itsuma Maki (real name Kaitarō Hasegawa).

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Constellations on Earth, Part 2: Constellations

1948

Fujisancho

0/0

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Fujisancho

1949

Goodbye

8/1

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Goodbye