Film1938Mother and ChildThe movie follows a young woman (Kinuyo Tanaka), a daughter of a high-ranking businessman and his neglected mistress, as she struggles to ease her mother's loneliness, while also having an affair with her father's subordinate.Open details →
Moon Over the RuinsFilm★ 6.71937Moon Over the RuinsEpisode in the life of a composer of a popular Japanese song.Open details →
Film★ 8.01936Woman in the MistOtoku asks her brother Bunkichi to speak with her son Seiichi, a young man for whom sacrificed everything but who now seems to be headed for a wastrel life. Bunkichi admonishes the boy to study harder, but it seems his uncle's advice may already be too late.Open details →
Film★ 9.01936College Is a Nice PlaceIn a Tokyo boarding house a group of students and recent graduates struggle to complete their studies and find jobs. Considered a lost film.Open details →
Film★ 7.11936Mr. Thank YouIn Depression-era Japan, a courteous bus driver carries an eclectic group of passengers from the mountainous Izu to Tokyo.Open details →
Film★ 7.01935An Innocent MaidIn a back alley of the Shitamachi district of Tokyo, Kihachi bears witness to a series of romantic complications involving the inhabitants of the neighborhood. Considered to be a lost film.Open details →
Film★ 7.21934A Story of Floating WeedsAn aging actor returns to a small town with his troupe and reunites with his former lover and illegitimate son, a scenario that enrages his current mistress and results in heartbreak for all.Open details →
Film★ 10.01934The Genealogy of WomenA melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is apparently the first adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's The Romance of Yushima.Open details →
Film★ 8.01933LoveHeinosuke Gosho evokes in this film the family conflicts engendered by the eternal problem of a father who projects his professional desires on the life of his son. The sister Machiko is the essential link that will allow everyone to apologize to each other and achieve reconciliation.Open details →
Film★ 6.71933The Dancing Girl of Izu"The Dancing Girl of Izu" tells of the story between a young male student who is touring the Izu Peninsula and a family of traveling dancers he meets there, including their youngest girl. The student finds the naïve girl attractive even though he eventually has to part with the family after spending memorable time together.Open details →