Satoko Date

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 ...

Akatsuki no Kyūshū (1951)

Japanese drama film. ...

New Yuuden 2: Yuu Traffic (1951)

Jidai-geki by Kiyoshi Saeki (Part 2 of 2) ...

Under the Blossoming Peach (1951)

A picture-story-show operator, accompanies her son, Akira, who lives apart from her, to a hot-spring medical treatment and spend a moment of brief happiness together, but eventually the time comes to say goodbye. The portrayal of the children and the atmos ...

Umon's Detective Stories: The One-Eyed Wolf (1951)

Golden Beast (1950)

On a Sunday morning, young dentist Toshio Ezaki wakes up with a hangover, on a bench in his office. He finds a poisoned woman in a green-striped Western-style outfit lying in his exam room. He must retrace his blurry steps of the night before, and navigate ...

A Mother's Love (1950)

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

When We Came Back (1950)

Melodrama by Kiyoshi Saeki ...

Sanshiro of Ginza (1950)

An early film by Kon Ichikawa ...

Ghost Cat of Nabeshima (1949)

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He recommend Kinbei to offer it to his lord. Kinbei hesitates at first, since he knows the board has a mysterious leg ...

A Flower Blooms (1948)

Machiko falls in love with a mysterious man, but her family wants something different for her. ...

The Age of Beginnings (1947)

A newly hired daily newspaper writer covering the society beat receives an assignment to cover Tokyo at night by walking and observing it. He gets into the right frame of mind by dressing the part as a vagrant with not a penny to his name. He gets into tro ...

Kantaro of Ina (1943)

War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa. ...

Sky of Hope (1942)

What is marriage? Young couple in match-making wanted to know before they decide. They visited married couples of sisters and brothers. Love comedy in 1942. ...

A Man's Flower Road of Triumph (1941)

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 2) (1941)

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo. ...

The Seven Changes of a Paper Crane (Part 1) (1941)

The story is based on the serial novel by Tsunoda Kikuo. ...

The Monkey King (1940)

A legendary pre-war comedy operetta starring Enomoto Kenichi, Hideko Takamine and Li Xianglan. The Sanzo Ikkou continues its westward journey, on a mission to prevent a demonic resurrection. As Genjo Sanzo, Cho Hakkai, Sha Gojyo, and Son Goku (Kenichi Enom ...

Wife of a Lily (1940)

This is a rokyoku film of Tenjuken Ungetsu II (Hideko Itami), a popular rokyoku performer who was famous for her seven different voices for men and women of all ages. ...

Hideko the Cheerleader (1940)

Hideko, a young Baseball fan, determined to cheer for her favourite baseball team by creating a new song for them. ...

The Town (1939)

Karayuki-san (1937)

"Karayuki-san offers a no-holds-barred depiction of the discrimination faced by a former prostitute who returns to Japan from Singapore with her mixed-race son. ...

Saga of the Vagabonds, Part Two: Forward at Dawn (1937)

Story of a bandit king part 2. ...

Saga of the Vagabonds, Part One: Tiger and Wolf (1937)

Story of a bandit king. ...

Tokyo Rhapsody (1936)

Film adaptation of the hit song ...

Morning's Tree-Lined Street (1936)

After some fruitless career hunting in downtown Tokyo, Chiyo accepts a job as a bar hostess in Shiba ward. Well away from glamorous Asakusa and Ginza, this is a neighbourhood tavern where the women are dirt poor, each having only one kimono to their name.. ...

Paradise of the Virgin Flowers (1936)

Enoken's Donguri Tonbei (1936)

Enoken plays a frog-oil-hawking conman whose claims to martial prowess land him in hot water with the local samurai gentry - but not before he falls in love with exactly the wrong girl. Another musical comedy period film quick on the heels of the earlier K ...

Karisome no kuchibeni (1934)

A Japanese version of the musical comedy "Yes, Mr. ...

Chūshingura - Ninjō-hen; Fukushū-hen (1934)

Directed by Daisuke Itō. ...

Tange Sazen - Dai-ippen (1933)

Until the Day We Meet Again (1932)

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 a lost film. ...

Where Now Are the Dreams of Youth? (1932)

When a young man inherits his father's lucrative business, he cheats the system to set up three of his college friends with jobs. ...

Seven Seas: Chastity Chapter (1932)

Part two of Shimizu's major silent Seven Seas, a family drama of the intertwining fates of the rich, decadent Yagibashis and the far less prosperous Sone family. ...

Seven Seas: Virginity Chapter (1931)

The film is a lengthy work interweaving characters from different backgrounds and social strata in a narrative centered around the experiences of its heroine, Yumie Sone. Over two hours long, Seven Seas was released theatrically in two parts, with the firs ...

The Neighbour's Wife and Mine (1931)

A playwright moves to a rural neighborhood to avoid the distractions of the city, but he discovers there are plenty of ways to get sidetracked in his new home, too. ...

Silver Stream (1931)

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 now a union leader in opposition of her husband. ...

The Lady and the Beard (1931)

Graduate Okajima finds his old-fashioned beard makes life difficult in a comedy exploring the tension between tradition and modernity. ...