Ichirō Tsukida

Battle Troop

Three IJN flyers Mikami (Susumu Fujita), Kawakami (Masayuki Mori) and Murakami (Akitake Kono) are good friends,...

Shanghai Landing Party

This film attempts to reconstruct the tension of the Battle of Shanghai through an episode in an understated wa...

Sky of Hope

What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples...

The Dawn of Freedom

This film was made by the Japanese occupation authorities in the Philippines as a propaganda film to show the P...

Wings of Victory

Rainbow Hill

A half brother and sister work at a hotel in Hakone respectively as a porter and a souvenir shop clerk. They ar...

The Neighbour's Wife and Mine

A playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers there are pl...

Sun over the River

Father, son Kentaro and daughter Ochiyo, who live on the banks of the Sumida River, regain their love for each...

Dancers of Awa

Jurobei, a kaisen tonya (wholesaler in port) in Awa, was wronged and killed on the day of the Dance Festival by...

Beautiful Departure

A rich bourgeoisie family has little care in the world and knows no other lifestyle. It is only the family's se...

I Flunked, But...

After the plans of a group of college students to cheat on their final exams goes awry, they're left to reasses...

The Lady and the Beard

Graduate Okajima finds his old-fashioned beard makes life difficult in a comedy exploring the tension between t...

The Cruel Sea

It is 1921 and a town has a newspaper which prints urgent bulletins as required. The Washington-based CITES tre...

Roppa no Hōjiro Sensei

Original work by Hyakken Uchida.

The Revengeful Spirit of Eros

A young couple jump into the sea as part of a suicide pact. The man is rescued and subsequently discovers that...

Silver Stream

Michiko gets pregnant after a rape. She marries a boring business partner of her father to avoid the shame. Lat...

Life Begins at 61

Japanese war-era film

Bouquet of the South Seas

Poppy

Fujio is beautiful, talented, well-heeled, and engaged to up-and-coming diplomat Munechika. She has promised hi...

I Believe I Am Being Followed

Follows the Japanese lieutenant of the invading 228th Infantry Regiment Toichi Wakabayashi, who died in the Bat...

Kodakara fūfu

Mother of the Red Hands

The title might sound shocking, but the red hands mean, the hands which drag fishnets. Ohama, 15 or 16 years ol...

Harbor of Life

Government-sponsored film set during the Pacific War, depicting the lives of people working as stevedores.

The Luck Which Touched the Leg

A salaryman finds some money in the street and gets a reward for returning it to its rightful owner. However hi...

敵は幾万ありとても

1944 war movie

New Clothing

Japan's first feature film directed by a female. The film was about the naïve, premature emotions between a you...

The Comb of Oroku

Once a wealthy local land owner, Toranosuke has long since fallen on hard times. Social ostracism befalls those...

Cry Cheerfully!

Japanese silent film from 1931.

Sisters: Part 1

Japanese silent film from 1931.

Family Diary Part II

Adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya’s story.

Family Diary Part I

Adaptation of Nobuko Yoshiya's story.

Sisters: Part 2

Japanese silent film from 1931.