Movies

Third film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

The movie follows a young woman (Kinuyo Tanaka), a daughter of a high-ranking businessman and his neglected mistress, as she struggles to ease her...

Shogi, a Japanese form of chess, is a game that requires skill and determination. When poor sandal-maker Sakata decides to pursue his dream of...

Pre-war Asakusa was a riotous district of cabarets, dance-halls and brothels - a striking backdrop for Shimazu's story of innocence and experience....

A love triangle among a girl, her poor boyfriend, and a rich company president.

The story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his university's rugby team. The son of a wealthy soy sauce...

Shochiku melodrama about the lives of the humble people living in the poor tenement called the Ryuheiso.

A widow works as an insurance seller to raise her three children

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

When corruption spreads through a real estate company, president Hiyoshi brings in his honest friend Ryūtarō to reform it. Facing union...

Two young women start their first jobs at a construction firm.

1945 Japanese movie

Two obaachans become fast friends listening to music in front of a record store. They both boast about their loving sons but in reality, one had just...

Adaptation of Kishida Kunio's novel. Set against the backdrop of a power struggle within a hospital, depicts the love lives of the director's...

A young couple is harrased by an uncle.

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

Japanese film from 1933, adapted from Masao Kume's serialized newspaper novel.

Kan’ichi Hazama and Omiya Shigisawa are engaged to be married, but Omiya breaks the engagement to marry a wealthy banker’s son....