Yo Shiomi Movies

Soemon, the master of Gidayū-style madcap performances, has gathered the entire tenement block again tonight and is tormenting everyone with his...

Japanese film.

Set during Japan's Bakumatsu period, the film follows Fukuzawa Yukichi, a poor samurai's son who defies societal norms to study Dutch and English....

Part one of two.

The movie "Jump Out of the Window" is a heartwarming work that depicts the interaction between two families. Shusuke Tokuyama (Den Obinata) runs an...

An early Japanese sound film, notable for being the only Japanese film ever to use the Western Electric Sound System. Contrary to most Western...

Okumura Ioko story directed by Shiro Toyoda

War-time jidaigeki by Eisuke Takizawa.

Japanese crime film.

First "Maboroshi tantei" film, based on the manga by Jiro Kuwata.

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...

The debut film of Shin Toho Productions

Toho's production of the classic Japanese fairytale.

A biographical film chronicling the life of composer Setoguchi Tōkichi (1868-1941) from his early days as a clarinetist in the Imperial Japanese...

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

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara