Film★ 8.51953The Cannery BoatDescribes the oppressed life of the crab fishermen and their final revolt which is bloodily suppressed by the Royal Navy.Open details →
Film1950Red Peony of NightA romantic melodrama about the shifting relationship between Ryosuke and Miki as their precarious employment and social circumstances shift around them.Open details →
Film★ 6.01949Case Files of Zenigata Heiji: Heiji Covers All of EdoPolice detective Heiji is assigned to catch the masked Maboroshi gang of robbers who have terrorized all of Edo leaving few clues as to who their leader is.Open details →
A Woman Who Convicts MenFilm1948A Woman Who Convicts MenProsecutor Ishigami, who had stepped forward to protect the citizens from the Murata family, the town’s power brokers, found himself assigned to a case involving Kenichi Tagami, a relative of the Muratas, who had resorted to extortion to save his sister, Ayako. While sympathizing with Kenichi’s concern for his sister, Ishigami steeled his resolve to tackle the case head-on in order to root out the town’s power brokers.Open details →
Film★ 9.01941Story of LeadershipIn this semi-documentary, an older locomotive driver is tasked with training younger ones and is currently training two in particular. The old man is finding the task overwhelming as it is hard work with practical lessons and classroom components. His wife has died, but he has three daughters with the oldest taking care of her younger siblings.Open details →
Film1940The Sisters' AgreementA family comprised of a father, mother and three sisters lives in a posh area. The father is a doctor who has to join the army and work at war. The four remaining women have to take care of themselves. The eldest sister is calm and lady-like. The middle sister (played by Hara Setsuko), in contrast, is active and contemporary. She aspires to be a physician too. The story is based on Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.Open details →
Film★ 9.01940Hideko the CheerleaderHideko, a young Baseball fan, determined to cheer for her favourite baseball team by creating a new song for them.Open details →
Enoken's Yaji and KitaFilm1939Enoken's Yaji and KitaEnoken's anachronistic take on the beloved (and already very funny) Edo-period novel "Shank's Mare," aka Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige, in which Yaji and Kita, two plebeian nobodies, have all sorts of strange and colorful encounters on the long road from Edo to Kyoto.Open details →
Film1939The Old Man of the PropellerThe Old Man of the Propeller can be seen as a comedic amalgam of “King Lear” and “Christmas Carol”. A neighborhood loan shark is hounded by his relatives expecting big inheritance. But he is not giving any favor to anyone. His only joy of life is to go on junk hunt in the neighborhood, collecting garbages and scraps and selling them to junkmen to make profit.Open details →
Mito Komon's Pleasure TripFilm1938Mito Komon's Pleasure TripThis is the only surviving “Mito Komon Manyu-ki” film. This release also known as "Adrift Tour Memoir" or literally "Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip" is an 80-minute compilation of the first (東海道の巻 or "Tokaido no maki") and second (日本晴れの巻 or "Japan's Fine Weather Reel") parts (147 minutes), which were re-edited and screened at a time when presentable films were dried up immediately after the defeat of the war.Open details →
Film1935Throwing the Soul AwayThe film centres around junior high school students. They are members of the school's baseball team. They are very good. Izawa's father asks him to stop playing prior to an important game. Hayasaki health deteriorates at this time and he becomes absent. The team decides to speak to Izawa's father to plead their case and ask for the return of their team member.Open details →
