Chiyoko Ôkura

Festival Across the Sea (1941)

There is an inn named Asano Ya in the port town, and a beautiful woman works there. Every year, during a local festival, travelling artists and teachers gather from all over the country, including sesame oil sellers and organ grinders. The day before the f ...

Miyamoto Musashi - Dai-ichi-bu: Kusawake no hitobito - Dai-ni-bu: Eitatsu no mon (1940)

Second part of director Hiroshi Inagaki's 1940 adaptation of the story of Musashi Miyamoto. ...

Akagaki Genzo (1938)

Forty-seven Ronin of the Ako clan are waiting for the right moment to avenge the insult and death of their master. The film tells the story of one of them named Akagaki Genzo. ...

Blood Spilled at Takadanobaba (1937)

The tale of Nakayama Yasubei's duel is famous, even if he in reality probably did not cut down 18 opponents. The story has been related in film, rakugo, kodan and on stage many times, in part because Nakayama later joined the famous 47 Ronin (Chushingura) ...

Goronbo-gai (1936)

Osaka Elegy (1936)

Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss in order to pay her father's debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement. ...

New Clothing (1936)

Japan's first feature film directed by a female. The film was about the naïve, premature emotions between a young geisha-to-be and a youth destined for Buddhist priesthood; it concluded with their separation. ...

Poppy (1935)

Fujio is beautiful, talented, well-heeled, and engaged to up-and-coming diplomat Munechika. She has promised him a gold watch, a family heirloom, as an emblem of their engagement. However, she becomes enamoured with Ono, a student employed to tutor her in ...

Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel Part 2 (1933)

A lost film that tells a story of Jirokichi, a notorious thief ...

Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: Edo Reel (1933)

Jirokichi the Rat is a notorious thief. While on the run from the law, he discovers an unexpectedly honorable side of himself, and maybe some form of redemption. Considered a lost film. ...

Jirokichi the Rat-Kid: The Journey (1933)

A lost film telling a story of Jirokichi the Rat, a notorious thief ...

Bangaku no issho (1933)

Yamanaka Sadao's fourth feature film. ...