Movies

Three stories revolve around independence, a man searching for his wife, and a poor craftsman trying to make money.

Two childhood friends go their own ways but meet again some years later after they have both married. They get re-acquainted, meet each others’...

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

An anthology of thirteen patriotic stories about Japanese citizens contributing to the war effort.

A hard-hearted old woman in a bombed-out Tokyo neighborhood reluctantly takes in an abandoned boy, leading to a heartwarming bond between them.

Kotobuki-za is a story of the Naniwa-bushi singer Baichuken Tsurumaru.

An unemployed Japanese man and his two sons wander the industrial flatlands of Depression-era Tokyo, until he chances upon an old friend and...

A kidnapped boy proves to be more than his abductor can handle.

A melodrama about an orphan and her mother who are separated and lose contact, but are later reunited.

A woman marries, gives birth to a stillborn child, and divorces, falls in love with a hotel-keeper, only to find herself subordinated to his drive...

Japanese silent film from 1929.

Produced by Shochiku’s all-star cast as a commemorative film to mark the completion of the “Shochiku Kaikan” in Tsukiji, Tokyo,...

When noble wanderer Moritaro saves a disowned merchant’s son from gangsters, he becomes entangled in a town’s struggle against...

A student comes up with various schemes to avoid paying a tailor the money he owes him. Considered to be a lost film.

A nurse's tale of self-sacrifice during wartime. The title is borrowed from a patriotic song made popular by singer Hamako Watanabe during the Second...

It chronicles the experiences of a neighbourhood doctor, whose taste for tonkatsu (a popular Japanese dish, similar to a pork schnitzel) earns him...