Yōko Umemura

In 1701, Lord Takuminokami Asano has a feud with Lord Kira and he tries to kill Kira in the corridors of the Shogun's palace. The Shogun sentences...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chōjūrō Kawarasaki

Ayako becomes the mistress of her boss so she can pay her father's debt and prevent him from going to prison for embezzlement.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Isuzu Yamada

1942 Japanese movie

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Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Shōtarō Hanayagi

When a civil war threatens to break out, two geishas flee from their village with aristocrats. During the long journey, the socially inferior women...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Isuzu Yamada

Silent Japanese film.

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

Umekichi, a geisha in the Gion district of Kyoto, feels obliged to help her lover Furusawa when he asks to stay with her after becoming bankrupt and...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Isuzu Yamada

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

Directed by Yutaka Abe (as Jack Abe).

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Cast: Komako Sunada

A lost Mizoguchi film.

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Cast: Eiji Takagi

A lost film directed by Ushihara Kiyohiko based on a story published in the Mainichi Sunday Newspaper entitled '恋女扇.' It stars a wild man who...

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Cast: Shōtarō Hanayagi

Tōjin Okichi is a 1930 film by Kenji Mizoguchi based on the novel by Gisaburo Juichiya. Only 4 minutes have survived. The fragment has been...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yōko Umemura

Based on Soseki Natsume’s 1908 novel of the same title, Poppy is an ornately complicated story of desire and ambition. Fujio is beautiful,...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Yukichi Iwata

Otane, the daughter of a thread shop owner in Ryogoku, is in love with Sumio, the son of an ivory craftsman who lives nearby. The two are united in a...

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Cast: Tokihiko Okada

Japanese war film.

Genre: War

Cast: Kazuko Aoyama

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Cast: Yōnosuke Toba

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Cast: Yōnosuke Toba

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Cast: Isamu Kosugi

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

A quintessential example of the period "ghost cat" (bakeneko or kaibyo) movie, this was one of at least six such titles released by the studio Shinko...

Genre: Horror

Cast: Sumiko Suzuki

A twice-remade ironic comedy about a writer's encounter with a female thief.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Tokihiko Okada

Directed by Yutaka Abe.

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Cast: Yōko Umemura

A Japanese silent film

Genre: Action

Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Released in 2 parts. His only release of 1931. Considered a lost film.

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Cast: Yōko Umemura

A samurai is ordered by his lord to go to Edo and investigate the truth behind the rumor of a rebellion against him.

Genre: Drama

Cast: Chiezō Kataoka

Kenji Mizoguchi is credited as “supervisor” on this rare Japanese genre film, which stars the stunning Isuzu Yamada (Osaka Elegy, Throne...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Isuzu Yamada

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Cast: Eiji Takagi

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Cast: Eiji Nakano

Japan's first feature film directed by a female. The film was about the naïve, premature emotions between a young geisha-to-be and a youth...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Ichirō Tsukida

A story about Ômura Masujirô

Genre: Drama

Cast: Shinobu Araki

When Ochika, from a rich family, marries Danpei, a poor shamisen player, she devotes herself completely to him and takes over her business, to the...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka

Based on Matsutaro Kawaguchi's novel "Geido Ichidai Otoko." Considered a lost film.

Genre: Romance

Cast: Kichisaburo Arashi

Silent Japanese film.

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

Silent Japanese film.

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Cast: Denjirō Ōkōchi

Directed by Kichiro Tsuji.

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Cast: Kiyoshi Sawada