Kōju Murata

Women of the Night

In early post-war Osaka, three women—war widow Fusako, her Korean expat sister Natsuko, and Kumiko, Fusako's si...

Three-Fingered Detective

Being acquainted with the bride's uncle, a famed private detective is invited to a wedding ceremony. The groom'...

The Tiger of Malaya

A band of guerrillas fight against occupying British forces in Malaya.

The Tattooed Magistrate: Cherry Blossoms Dance Volume

The Morning Sun Shines

The Morning Sun Shines is a fiction-documentary film by Kenji Mizoguchi and Seiichi Ina. The film is a combinat...

Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon

Second part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's 1940 adaptation of the story of Musashi Miyamoto.

The Tattooed Magistrate: Fallen Flowers Showdown Volume

Thirty-three footprints

Fourth film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

Ishimatsu of the Forest

The tale of a feudal swordsman who cynically takes no responsibility for anything, relegating it to others, and...

Police Officer

Itami, a young policeman, meets his high school friend, Tetsuo, a gangster, at a roadblock. As they rekindled t...

Thus the Divine Wind Blows

Set in the late thirteenth century, this film depicts the defense of southern Japan led by the Kono clan agains...

Mistress of a Foreigner

Tōjin Okichi is a 1930 film by Kenji Mizoguchi based on the novel by Gisaburo Juichiya. Only 4 minutes have sur...

Metropolitan Symphony

A young woman seduced by a rich man, takes revenge on him with the help of a young idealistic worker. Considere...

The Okagura Brothers

1946 Japanese movie

Festival Across the Sea

There is an inn named Asano Ya in the port town, and a beautiful woman works there. Every year, during a local...

A Living Puppet

A man rises in society by cheating, but the institutions in turn take their revenge.

The Revenge Champion

Lost film, directed by Tomu Uchida. This film is a very funny comedy that makes fun of the moral code of the sa...

The Foghorn

Chiyokichi, a young man, hates Cooper, a white man who looks down on the Japanese. Chiyokichi picks Cooper’s po...

Yoshie Fujiwara's Hometown

While returning by boat to Japan, Yoshie Fujiwara meets a rich woman who suggests him to become a singer thanks...

Children Hand in Hand

A small-town boy with a learning disability attempts to fit in with his classmates.

Theater of Life: Youth Version

Sweat

Sweat (1929) is a slapstick riff on tendency-film themes, as a bored young millionaire has his clothes stolen b...

Horror of the Fifth Columnist

Ashes

Jinsei Gekijo: Zankyaku hen

1938 Theater of Life adaptation.