Kōmei Minami

The 47 Ronin

In the early 18th-century, Lord Takumi-no-kami Asano, feuding with Lord Kira, tries to kill his opponent in the...

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

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

The Love of the Actress Sumako

Stage director Shimamura, who is bringing western theatre to Japan, falls in love with outspoken actress Sumako...

慶安水滸傳

Chikuzen, a ronin named Yoh Daisuke, after pacifying some ruffians at the theater of Onna-Kata Ogino Sawanojiki...

Iki na fûraibô

A lost film by Masahiro Makino

愛情の旋風

Denshichi Torimonocho: Silver Snake Spell

The eleventh episode of the Denshichi Torimonocho series. Around the time of Shogun Ienari, a murderer known as...

お役者変化

During the Genroku era, Azusa Gennosuke, renowned in Nara as a top swordsman and a scholar, crossed swords with...

Sakon Detective Story: Handprint in Fresh Blood

An Actor's Revenge

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

Banchō sarayashiki

short film about Banchō Sarayashiki.

Ishimatsu of the Forest

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

Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen

Ejima and Ikushima

This period film is inspired by one of the most notorious scandals to have taken place in Edo-period Japan. The...

The Detective Denshichi Case Files: The Beautiful Bat

The head of Oshu, Harumichi Honma, was ordered by the boat bugyo (Commissioner of the board) Tajima Kuze to ext...

Yaji and Kita: The Battle of Toba Fushimi

Yaji and Kita: The Battle of Toba Fushimi is a 1928 Japanese film directed by Tomiyasu Ikeda.[1] This comedy fi...

Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue

Yaji and Kita: Yasuda's Rescue is a 1927 black and white Japanese silent film directed by Tomiyasu Ikeda.[1] Th...

Samurai Town Story Part II

A representative film directed by Masahiro Makino, son of Shozo Makino ("the father of Japanese film"). This fi...

Sozenji Baba

Sozenji Baba is a 1928 black and white Japanese silent film directed by Masahiro Makino. It is an ambitious fil...

Hotta Hayato

Jidaigeki film, only a fragment remains of the original film.

Tsukiyo Karasu

The ambiguous relationship between a woman musician and her young student.

Samurai Town Story Part I

All that remains of the first Samurai Town Story is the concluding battle.

Bored Hatamoto on Mt. Fuji

Bored Hatamoto film #8

Souls on the Road

A small town boy dreams of being a famous fiddler; Meanwhile, two convicts escape from prison and hide in the w...

Keai-dori

The Adventures of Arsène Lupin

One of Mizoguchi's first films, considered lost.

Hatamoto kobushin shū

1929 Japanese movie

The Homeland

A Japanese silent drama about two farmers

With a Single Sword Bale

Period film from 1934.

The Demon at the Modoribashi Bridge

Japanese silent film by Masahiro Makino to which sound was added.

The Traveling Female Entertainer

Directed by Kensaku Suzuki.