Chitose Hayashi

Green Earth

Set in Qingdao, China, a Japanese company locates an office there and begins work and cooperation with a local...

Drifting

Adaptation of Fumiko Hayashi's novel.

Namiko

An early Japanese sound film, notable for being the only Japanese film ever to use the Western Electric Sound S...

The Father and His Son

Japanese silent film from 1929.

Yama no senroban

Young Master

Japanese silent film from 1926. (Obo-chan meaning "Young Master.") Written by Ayame Mizushima, the first female...

Father

An early Japanese film

Young People

Based on an original story by Yojiro Ishizaka, this well-made drama is set in a Christian school in a beautiful...

Three Sisters with Maiden Hearts

Three sisters earn money for their bossy mother by being samisen street musicians. This means mainly playing a...

The Eternal Heart

The logger Yamato has been raising his daughter alone since his wife died in childbirth. The baron who owns the...

Schoolgirl Records

A "slice-of life" film about a group of high school girls in 1940s Japan.

Mother, Don't Tarnish Your Name

Because of her husband’s suicide, a young widow finds herself suddenly cast into a life of solitude, with only...

On the Verge of Spiritual Light

Directed by Kiyomatsu Hosoyama.

The Glory of the Shōwa Era

Japanese silent film from 1928.

Symphony of Youth

Japanese silent film from 1928.

Winter Camellia

Directed in 1921