1940

Nobuko

6.2/4

A spirited young teacher challenges the conservative school employing her with liberal thinking and teaching methods.

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Nobuko

1932

No Blood Relation

7.1/14

An actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she abandoned years be...

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No Blood Relation

1933

Woman of Tokyo

6.8/24

Ryoichi and Chikako, brother and sister, live together. Chikako toils during the day and, at night, prostitutes herself to fund his college tuition.

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Woman of Tokyo

1934

A Mother Should Be Loved

5.8/12

A young man discovers that the woman who raised him is his stepmother. His stepbrother, who is unaware of the revelation, resents his mother for alway...

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A Mother Should Be Loved

1946

Victory of Women

6.5/3

Representing a destitute mother in an infanticide trial, a female lawyer attempts to convince a conservative prosecutor of the benefits of Japan's dem...

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Victory of Women

1932

Until the Day We Meet Again

7.5/2

A young man falls in love with a prostitute and is disowned by his family. He is then drafted, and heads off to war. Script exists - considered to be...

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Until the Day We Meet Again

1956

The Rose on His Arm

5.8/5

Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of delinquents and yakuza.

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The Rose on His Arm

1950

Street of Violence

6.5/2

An attempt is made to suppress a journalist's investigation of collusion between a rural police chief and the local gangster bosses.

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Street of Violence

1937

Vermilion and Green

5.3/3

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

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Vermilion and Green

1932

First Steps Ashore

7/1

Early Japanese sound film, a remake of Josef von Sternberg’s DOCKS OF NEW YORK set in Yokohama.

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First Steps Ashore

1929

Mother

0/0

The 1929 Japanese film "Mother" which helped child actress Hideko Takamine become a star.

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Mother

1931

The Sorrow of the Beautiful Woman

0/0

Two people are fascinated by a sculptor's statue. The film is lost.

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The Sorrow of the Beautiful Woman

1947

The Ball at the Anjo House

6.706/17

After Japan's defeat in the war, the Anjo family lose their peerage and wealth. Since their mansion is due to pass into the hands of a creditor, the f...

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The Ball at the Anjo House

1941

Introspection Tower

6.7/7

A reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The teachers and caretakers face much trouble. The school is ofte...

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Introspection Tower

1964

Crimson Dream

3.2/4

Tetsuji Takechi's third film is based on two short stories by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. The film depicts the lurid and violently erotic dreams of a writer,...

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Crimson Dream

1942

The Spy Has Not Died Yet

0/0

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The Spy Has Not Died Yet

1953

Young Miss Executive

0/0

A President of the confectionery company announced his retirement, and his sixteen year old granddaughter, Madoka was ordered to be a new head. But Ma...

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Young Miss Executive

1939

Warm Current

4/3

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 daughter...

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Warm Current

1942

There Was a Father

6.925/67

Shuhei Horikawa, a poor schoolteacher, struggles to raise his son Ryohei by himself, despite neither money nor prospects.

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There Was a Father

1930

Reijin

0/0

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Reijin

1934

My Elder Brother

6/1

Jyuta, an honest owner of a taxi company, has a younger half-brother who is involved in the yakuza world and doesn’t get along well with his mother. J...

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My Elder Brother

1931

Silver Stream

0/0

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 no...

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Silver Stream

1936

Men vs. Women

0/0

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

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Men vs. Women

1939

A Brother and His Younger Sister

5.8/4

A man who works late hours at a deadening job lives together with his wife and his younger sister. The younger sister's a modern girl who's starting t...

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A Brother and His Younger Sister

1955

The Big Ambition

0/0

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The Big Ambition

1930

A Primer on Marriage

0/0

Bored in his marriage, a dentist flirts with a young woman on a train. However he soon finds himself embroiled in a series of misunderstandings with h...

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A Primer on Marriage

1946

Twenty-Year-Old Youth

0/0

The film features the first scene with kissing in a Japanese film. Kiss scenes were encouraged by the American occupiers of Japan following World War...

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Twenty-Year-Old Youth

1939

Spring Thunder

0/0

Eiko is an innocent young lady born into a wealthy family with nothing to offer. She was good at singing, and lived her life playing around with her c...

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Spring Thunder

1934

Eclipse

0/0

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

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Eclipse

1951

Haha machi gusa

0/0

Asako works in a hostel for troubled young women. When a beautiful young girl is brought in one day after committing theft, Asako finds out from the o...

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Haha machi gusa

1953

Aiyoku no sabaki

0/0

Motoko Fujikawa works in the Seisen Church as an assistant to pastor Maki Inokichi. Motoko falls in love with Inokichi's virtuous character and devote...

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Aiyoku no sabaki

1954

Haru no Wakakusa

0/0

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Haru no Wakakusa

1939

New Woman Question and Answer

6/1

Jie (Michiko Kuwano) attended a women's university with the financial support of her geisha sister Oha (Hiroko Kawasaki) and became a lawyer. The aim....

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New Woman Question and Answer

1939

Weeds with flowers

0/0

Weed with Flowers

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Weeds with flowers

1943

Dancing with a Mask

0/0

Japanese propaganda film about the Normanton Incident.

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Dancing with a Mask

1932

Rikugun Daikoshin

0/0

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Rikugun Daikoshin

1927

Honoo no sora

0/0

Early feature film by Hiroshi Shimizu.

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Honoo no sora

1945

Otome no iru kichi

0/0

Japanese war movie.

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Otome no iru kichi

1937

Marching Song

0/0

A Japanese wartime film directed by Yasushi Sasaki.

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Marching Song

1926

Junange

0/0

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Junange

1957

悪魔の顔

0/0

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悪魔の顔

1955

The Dawn of Judo

0/0

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The Dawn of Judo

1947

Thirteen Eyes

0/0

Second film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka

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Thirteen Eyes

1951

母恋草

0/0

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母恋草

1962

A Full Life

0/0

A woman becomes dissatisfied with her marriage and joins a political theater troupe to protest the U.S. Security Pact.

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A Full Life

1951

The Woman’s Reflective Pool

0/0

Tozai Electric president Minamoto (Yanagi) is about to be pursued by the public prosecutor's office and tries to bribe Manabe (Saburi), the man in cha...

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The Woman’s Reflective Pool

1943

Our Planes Fly South

0/0

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Our Planes Fly South

1933

Sôbô

0/0

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

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Sôbô

1945

Tengoku no hanayome

0/0

1945 Japanese movie

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Tengoku no hanayome

1951

Minami kaze

0/0

1951 Japanese movie

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Minami kaze