Yasurō Shiga

Banchō sarayashiki (1937)

short film about Banchō Sarayashiki. ...

Bored Hatamoto on Mt. Fuji (1937)

Bored Hatamoto film #8 ...

Family Meeting (1936)

A melodrama about a businessman's relations with the three women in his life. ...

Yukinojō henge, Kanketsu-hen (1936)

dir: Teinosuke Kinugasa ...

The Palanquin Carrier Magistrate (1935)

Two cowardly palanquin carriers know the culprit of a murder, but are too scared to report it to the police. In the meantime, an innocent man is arrested as the murderer and chaos ensues. ...

An Actor's Revenge (1935)

An onnagata (female impersonator) of a Kabuki troupe avenges his parents' deaths. Remade in 1963 as Yukinojô Henge. ...

With a Single Sword Bale (1934)

Period film from 1934. ...

The Genealogy of Women (1934)

A melodrama by noted auteur and father of director Yoshitaro Nomura, Hotei Nomura. This is apparently the first adaptation of Izumi Kyoka's The Romance of Yushima. ...

Genpei the Carp (1933)

The first half of the movie depicts a man's jealousy of his best friend and the woman he love. The second part depicts a hero who is ready to put the past behind him and risk his life for his friend. ...

Two Lanterns (1933)

A mournful masterpiece by Kinugasa Teinosuke ...

The Loyal 47 Ronin (1932)

This 1932 adaptation is the earliest sound version of the ever-popular and much-filmed Chushingura story of the loyal 47 retainers who avenged their feudal lord after he was obliged to commit hara-kiri due to the machinations of a villainous courtier. As t ...

Chûshingura - Zempen: Akahokyô no maki (1932)