Musei Tokugawa

A Rebel's Fortress (1964)

A chronicle of the eight-year battle against the construction of the Matsubara dam at Ogunimachi Shimouke, Asogun, district of Kumamoto. Tomoyuki Murahara constructs the "beehive fortress," the point of reference for the protest movement opposing the decis ...

An Actor's Revenge (1963)

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

Otogi's Voyage Around the World (1962)

Also Known As: Otogi's Voyage Around the World ...

Yakuza Princess of Edo (1961)

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 Kongomaru, which was planned to be presented to the shogun Iemitsu, but he died due to a yakuza attack. In ...

The Adventures of Sun Wu Kung (1959)

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 fellow Buddhist travelers. Though portrayed as a literal, if rather anthropomorphized, monkey in the original le ...

Yajikita dōchū sugoroku (1958)

1958 Japanese movie ...

Inochi wo Kakeru Otoko (1958)

Yaji and Kita on the Road (1958)

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 wives for a little while. As they travel, they are constantly beset by complications involving women, mistak ...

The Third President (1958)

The fifth entry in the Company President Series ...

The World Is Terrified: The Reality of the “Ash of Death” (1957)

At a time when the USSR and the USA fervently vied to develop nuclear arms, the mass media buzzed with terms inspired by nuclear testing on Bikini Atoll such as the "Daigo Fukuryu Maru Incident," the "ash of death," "radioactive tuna," and "radioactive rai ...

The Legend of the White Serpent (1956)

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

Nobuko Rides on a Cloud (1955)

A little girl who falls into a lake and is saved by a god who then takes her up to the clouds and shows her what the world was like before she was born and what the world would be like if she where never born. While in the clouds she meets her grandparents ...

Saiyûki (1952)

An adaptation of the famous 16th century novel, Journey to the West. ...

Big Hit Pachinko Girl (1952)

Set in a bustling 1950s parlor, a beautiful counter clerk falls for a wealthy businessman's son, only to have their romance derailed by a ruthless loan shark and a mounting family debt. As the parlor faces ruin, the narrative weaves through slapstick antic ...

Trouble Over Swords and Women: Sword Light and Shooting Star (1951)

film directed by Tai Katô ...

Conduct Report on Matashiro: The Devil Princess and Winter Rain (1951)

Jidai-geki by Nobuo Nakagawa. ...

A Mother's Love (1950)

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

Ise-Shima (1949)

A documentary short highlighting the cultural attractions of Ise-Shima National Park in eastern Mie Prefecture, a popular coastal sightseeing destination and home to the Ise Grand Shrine. ...

The Adventures of Tobisuke (1949)

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 so she can heals him with a golden fruit. But O-fuku and Tobisuke had to cross the valley of death filled with fantas ...

Nagareru hoshi wa ikiteiru (1949)

Based on a novel by Tei Fujiwara ...

Flirtation in Spring (1949)

Japanese adaptation of Marcel Pagnol's play "Marius", set in early XXth century Japan. ...

Ghost Tower (1948)

Horror film directed by Kôzô Saeki. ...

Ghosts Die at Dawn (1948)

At the wedding of Kohei (Hasegawa) and Michiko (Todoroki), a whisper echoes along with a gust of wind. As if manipulated by the mysterious voice, Kohei takes Michiko to stay at a dilapidated mountain villa in his hometown. What awaited him there... ...

Children Hand in Hand (1948)

A small-town boy with a learning disability attempts to fit in with his classmates. ...

Diary of a Nurse (1947)

Ren Yoshimura directed this Daiei melodrama that was based on the novel entitled "Pandora's Box" by Dazai Osamu. ...

The Brick Factory Girl (1946)

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 warmth of a Korean girl she meets, and the friendliness of this Korean girl's family. ...

Until Victory Day (1945)

An Invention laboratory is working on the creation of a performance 'bomb' in the shape of a rocket that could be delivered to the front in order to entertain and amuse the national troops. Inside this rocket would be tiny performers. Once launched from th ...

The Admirable Isshin Tasuke! (1945)

1945 Japanese movie ...

The Living Magoroku (1943)

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

The Battle of Kawanakajima (1941)

This epic depicts the battle between Uesugi Kenshin and Takeda Shingen. The focus of the story is the struggle by the unit leader in charge of the main supply wagons and the supply troops to transport materiel to the Uesugi army. To this are added episodes ...

Kodakara fūfu (1941)

Kobayashi Issa (1941)

The film uses the haiku of early 19th century poet Kobayashi Issa as its motif to portray the lives of farmers residing deep in the mountains of Nagano. Commissioned by the Nagano Prefectural Department of Tourism, the movie became instead, in the hands of ...

The Man Who Disappeared Yesterday (1941)

Feature film. ...

The Town (1939)

The Whole Family Works (1939)

A large family scrapes by on the meager salaries of the father and three eldest sons, who left school in order to work and support the family. The fourth eldest is soon to graduate and follow in their footsteps, though he'd rather continue schooling. The e ...

Mito Komon's Pleasure Trip (1938)

This 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 ...

Composition Class (1938)

Masako, the daughter of an impoverished itinerant tinsmith, wins a grammar school composition contest with an essay about her neighborhood. The much publicized essay ends up causing the family problems and their chronic money troubles threaten Masako's fur ...

Nanking (1938)

Propaganda documentary about the fall of Nanking. Considered for a long time as a lost film, it was discovered in Beijing, China, in the year 1995. ...

Hikoroku Laughs a lot (1936)

Hikoroku Laughs a lot ...

I Am a Cat (1936)

1936 P.C.L. adaptation of Natsume's novel. ...

Akireta renchû (1936)

The first in a series of films featuring the comedy duo Entatsu-Achako, providing them with a background story to do their popular manzai-routines on film. Here, Entatsu and Achako start out as rivals for the affection of a young woman but ultimately pair ...

Botchan (1935)

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

Tipsy Life (1933)

In 1930s Japan, a beer seller and a struggling music student fall in love while chasing their dreams. ...

Namiko (1932)

An early Japanese sound film, notable for being the only Japanese film ever to use the Western Electric Sound System. Contrary to most Western sources that give sole directing credit to Eizo Tanaka, it was actually co-directed by six different directors, T ...

Tipsy Life (1933)

In 1930s Japan, a beer seller and a struggling music student fall in love while chasing their dreams. ...