Ichiro Yuki

Wednesday

Smart, sarcastic and a little dead inside, Wednesday Addams investigates twisted mysteries while making new fri...

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

In late 19th-century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializi...

Street Without End

Mikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose life, despite a hos...

The Loyal 47 Ronin

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

No Blood Relation

An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brot...

The Blacksmith of the Forest

A blacksmith is chased out of the village by the sinister village chief and forced to move to the forest with h...

An Actor's Revenge

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

Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter

Part two of Shimizu's major silent Seven Seas, a family drama of the intertwining fates of the rich, decadent Y...

Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki

Days of Youth

University friends Ben and Shūichi unknowingly vie for the attention of the beautiful Chieko while on a skiing...

Hell Worms

A group of bandits flee to the mountains after killing an evil moneylender. Remake of Hiroshi Inagaki's Jigoku...

Botchan no yakyūō

1958 Japanese movie

King of the Land

Japanese silent film from 1928, ranked as Kinema Junpo's second-best Japanese movie of the year.

Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen

Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter

The film is a lengthy work interweaving characters from different backgrounds and social strata in a narrative...

The Father and His Son

Japanese silent film from 1929.

Love and Power

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

Fighting Friends

Two friends accidentally run into a young, homeless woman, so they take her in.

Nikutai no bōfū

The love of an older sister who worked as a geisha but decided to open a bar under the auspices of a millionaire

Chocolate Girl

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

Iron Virgin

After being separated from their parents in childhood and left as orphans, Kyōko and Namiko were raised with th...

Record of Love and Desire

Record of Love and Desire a.k.a. Desire of Night (愛慾の記[b], Aiyoku no ki; lit. "Memories of Love and Desire") is...

Onna wa itsu no yo nimo

Horny Exec

1965 pinku directed by Sôjirô Motoki, under the name of Tamizô Shibuya.

Stick Girl

Short feature by Hiroshi Shimizu.

Jinsei no uramichi

The Idiot, by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

The Model of New Women

A feature-length work based on Kan Kikuchi’s newspaper novel, adapted for the screen by Kōgo Noda. With perform...

The Great Ship

Japanese silent film from 1930.

The Beating

Japanese silent comedy from 1930. The directorial debut of Hiromasa Nomura.

The Glory of the Shōwa Era

Japanese silent film from 1928.

Niku no kusari

Pinku from 1966.

At a Crossroads

Mother of the East

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

The Road to Marriage

Japanese silent film from 1933.

A Smiling Life

Japanese silent film from 1930.

Three Seventeen Year Olds

Early pinku.