Filmes

After the death of her husband, an elderly woman and her youngest, unmarried daughter are forced to sell their house to cover his debts and decide to...

A melodrama about a businessman's relations with the three women in his life.

The Siege of Osaka

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

A businessman’s daughter falls in love with one of her father’s employees.

The story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi, and his cousin, Nishimiura Kinue, when they leave their...

A musical film made for the inauguration of Shochiku's Ofuna Studio, with an all-star cast of the era.

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

Two childhood friends go their own ways but meet again some years later after they have both married. They get re-acquainted, meet each others’...

A businessman runs afoul of the law and commits suicide, leaving behind a wife and five children. The eldest son takes the family to Tokyo and labors...

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

Directed by Yasujirô Shimazu.

This was 1942, so it was a national policy film, no matter what you call it. But when the war was still on the winning side, there wasn't even a...

Michiko gets pregnant after a rape. She marries a boring business partner of her father to avoid the shame. Later she meets the rapist again who is...

Japanese propaganda film about the Normanton Incident.

A story of a store that makes Tabi socks.

A farmer’s boy, obsessed with his balsa-and-paper flying models and with dreams of real aircraft, develops a friendship with the daughter of...

Film by Hiroshi Shimizu, featuring an early role for frequent Ozu and Naruse collaborator Hideko Takamine.