Akiko Chihaya

The Loyal 47 Ronin

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the...

Tora-san's Cherished Mother

Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him.

Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen

Demon Thistle

The vast majority of the commercial films made by Kinugasa in the 1920s have, like almost all Japanese films of...

An Actor's Revenge

An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô He...

Benten kozo

First film adaptation of the kabuki play Benten Kozo, about a thief who steals from the rich and gives to the p...

Crossroads

After falling in love with a courtesan, Rikiya is blinded by ash during a fight in a brothel. Believing the bli...

Reimei izen

In the age of priests and warriors which the film denounces, a woman revolts after she is sold as a prostitute.

Castle of Wind and Clouds

A samurai returns to his homeland after a three year absence and finds his fiance is now one of the prince's co...

A Woman Crying in Spring

Kenji and Chuko travel to Hokkaido as migrant workers and enlist as miners under the strict leadership of Guzuy...

Kaitō Samimaro

A young samurai rescues his beloved from the clutches of a corrupt priest.

Nogitsune Sanji

A 1930 silent film from director Eichi Koishi, following the adventures of Edo firefighter Sanji.

Yôma kitan

Japanese horror movie from 1929.

Chronicles of a Sea Country

Japanese silent film from 1928, co-starring Chojiro Hayashi and up-and-coming actress Kinuyo Tanaka.

The Challenge

A film by Eiichi Koichi depicting peasant uprisings.