Shin'yō Nara

Kono sora no aru kagiri (1964)

Crimson Dream (1964)

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, his wife and his sister, after having spent a night out drinking and visiting sex shows. It underwent ex ...

A Full Life (1962)

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

Akuma no kao (1957)

The Rose on His Arm (1956)

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

The Dawn of Judo (1955)

The Big Ambition (1955)

Kyūkon sannin musume (1954)

1954 Japanese movie ...

Haru no Wakakusa (1954)

Young Miss Executive (1953)

A President of the confectionery company announced his retirement, and his sixteen year old granddaughter, Madoka was ordered to be a new head. But Madoka wants to be a stage dancer, so she won't concentrate her office job. Madoka meets Akiyama, a stage di ...

Aiyoku no sabaki (1953)

Motoko Fujikawa works in the Seisen Church as an assistant to pastor Maki Inokichi. Motoko falls in love with Inokichi's virtuous character and devotes herself to the rehabilitation of a delinquent girl, gradually finding her job at the institution more wo ...

Modern People (1952)

A section chief at the Bureau of Construction is in a shady relationship with a construction company. Then a new, young and honest subordinate is assigned to work under the section chief. Once he learns about the shady relationship, however, the new subord ...

Minami kaze (1951)

1951 Japanese movie ...

Haha machi gusa (1951)

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 older widow she works with that the new girl is undoubtedly her half-sister. When the younger sister sudden ...

The Woman’s Reflective Pool (1951)

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 charge, but fails. His daughter Naeko (Takamine) finds out and takes on the role herself. This is a love roma ...

Town of Violence (1950)

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

Rira no hana wasureji (1947)

In the 30th year, Nirasaki Den'emon established the Nirasaki Hokkaido Development Company with investment from Sonoi to build railway facilities. However, the endeavor faced criticism for attempting to buy Ainu land at low prices. Tokyo Nippo reporter Tosh ...

The Ball at the Anjo House (1947)

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 family holds one last ball before leaving. ...

Thirteen Eyes (1947)

Second film of the Bannai Tarao series starring Chiezo Kataoka ...

Twenty-Year-Old Youth (1946)

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 II as it encouraged westernization and contrasted with the traditional bow prevalent in that country. ...

Victory of Women (1946)

Representing a destitute mother in an infanticide trial, a female lawyer attempts to convince a conservative prosecutor of the benefits of Japan's democratized post-war legal system. ...

Tengoku no hanayome (1945)

1945 Japanese movie ...

Otome no iru kichi (1945)

Japanese war movie. ...

Dancing with a Mask (1943)

Japanese propaganda film about the Normanton Incident. ...

Our Planes Fly South (1943)

The Spy Has Not Died Yet (1942)

There Was a Father (1942)

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

Introspection Tower (1941)

A reformatory in the remote countryside houses 200 delinquents and problem children. The teachers and caretakers face much trouble. The school is often short on water, and one day, the well runs dry. ...

Nobuko (1940)

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

Warm Current (1939)

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, the administrative director, a doctor, and a nurse. ...

Weeds with flowers (1939)

Weed with Flowers ...

New Woman Question and Answer (1939)

Jie attended a women's university with the financial support of her geisha sister Oha and became a lawyer. The aim. Michiko, one of the seven best friends from the same women's college, is getting married. The man she's marrying is her sister's lover. ...

Spring Thunder (1939)

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 cronies, organizing music concerts and so on. However, things change when her father's business fails and s ...

A Brother and His Younger Sister (1939)

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 to receive romantic attention from one of her co-workers. ...

Marching Song (1937)

A Japanese wartime film directed by Yasushi Sasaki. ...

Vermilion and Green (1937)

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

Men vs. Women (1936)

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

My Elder Brother (1934)

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. ...

Eclipse (1934)

The story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi, and his cousin, Nishimiura Kinue, when they leave their hometown for the metropolis of Tokyo. They are in love with each other, but Kinue is expected to marry the law ...

A Mother Should Be Loved (1934)

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 always punishing him more severely than his stepsibling. ...

Sôbô (1933)

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

Woman of Tokyo (1933)

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

No Blood Relation (1932)

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 before. ...

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. ...

Rikugun Daikoshin (1932)

First Steps Ashore (1932)

The story of a sailor who begins a love affair with a woman he saves from suicide. ...

ABC Lifeline (1931)

Japanese silent film directed by Yasujirô Shimazu, originally released as a two-part movie on December 11, 1931. ...

The Sorrow of the Beautiful Woman (1931)

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

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1 (1931)

The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of alienation in the world of money, develops into a lumberland epic with a forest fire on Sakhalin Island, turns into a tragedy of King Lear dimensions, and mana ...

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2 (1931)

The three-hour Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are / Love, Be with Humanity (1931) starts as a satire of alienation in the world of money, develops into a lumberland epic with a forest fire on Sakhalin Island, turns into a tragedy of King Lear dimensions, and mana ...

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. ...