Yōnosuke Toba Movies

The adventures of a young patriotic samurai. This is the Nikkatsu version of Shin Hasegawa's original story. Shochiku released their version of the...

Jidaigeki from 1940

Another adaptation of Tange Sazen.

A picture-story-show operator, accompanies her son, Akira, who lives apart from her, to a hot-spring medical treatment and spend a moment of brief...

Tadashi Imai 1946 movie

A lost film that tells a story of Jirokichi, a notorious thief

A typically modern take on the well-known Naniwabushi character (and real life 19th-century gangster) Mori no Ishimatsu, whose proverbial stupidity...

Adaptation of the novel by Osaragi Jirō. Again scripted by the legendary Yamanaka Sadao

The premature death of a young mother serves as inspiration for her husband and son.

Keita, after his death, was taken to the court of heaven as Defendant No. 1361, where his past was projected. He was formerly a favorite of the...

Japanese war-era film

Japanese historical film. Considered Lost.

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...

A comedy about two salarymen who routinely degrade themselves for their boss.

The sequel to the 1935 film Great Bodhisattva Pass

Japanese movie

Three humorous love stories set in rural Japan.