Movies

In Edo Japan, a kabuki actor seeks revenge against the three men who drove his parents to their deaths years ago.

The story was liberally adapted from a short sequence in the popular Chinese folk tale Journey to the West. Princess Iron Fan is a main character....

1935 P.C.L. adaptation of Natsume's novel.

The fifth entry in the Company President Series

Lavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in love with a snake goddess in human form.

This is the only surviving “Mito Komon Manyu-ki” film. This release also known as "Adrift Tour Memoir" or literally "Mito Komon's...

Tobisuke, puppeteer in Kyôtô, saves O-fuku's life. Wounded in the head, it can now count to three. O-fuku invited him to meet her mother...

Two residents of Edo city Yaji and Kita make a journey to the temple of Ise, as part of a religious pilgrimage, but actually to get away from their...

A wealthy family will not allow the military to grow crops on their fields due to their superstitious beliefs about their son's illness.

Tsukitaro, a young man who comes to Edo, meets a blind girl named Ochiyo. Ochiyo 's father, the grinder Yasujiro, was asked to sharpen a sword called...

This film focuses on Koreans living in Japan. The filmmaker’s humanism comes across in the portrayal of a girl living in a shabby tenement, the...

Jidai-geki by Nobuo Nakagawa. Most likely a star vehicle for Kanjuro Arashi

The mythical adventures of the legendary Chinese trickster Monkey, who must outwit a variety of wily demons who stand in the way of him and his...

Based on an autobiographical story by Toyota Masako.

A bar girl tries to pass her three children, each from a different father, to rural relatives.

Father of nine children cannot find a job. Despite their aspirations, the children are encouraged by both parents to hold down menial jobs and...

film directed by Tai Katô

Based on a novel by Tei Fujiwara